Cocaine, a trivialized drug? The Talk Franceinfo debate.

In France, cocaine is today the second most consumed illicit drug in France, after cannabis, according to the French Observatory of Drugs. According to this report produced by the OFDT, there are more than 600,000 cocaine users in France. The Observatory as well as associations such as SOS Addictions note that this consumption has been on the rise for several years. So, are we sufficiently aware of the risks? How is addiction built?

Laurent Karilaaddiction psychiatrist at the Paul Brousse hospital in Villejuif (Val-de-Marne), co-president of the scientific committee of the SOS Addictions association and Marie Jauffret Roustide, sociologist at Inserm are in the Talk to discuss it. Manon Mella also receives Roselyne Febvrejournalist and author of the book The hummingbird’s heartbeatpublished by Litos.

A “democratization” of cocaine?

In France, debates around drugs often revolve around the legalization of cannabis. However, in 20 years, the proportion of 18-64 year olds who have experimented with cocaine has quadrupled. In recent decades, cocaine seems to have gradually “democratized.

Indeed, the profiles of cocaine users are increasingly varied. How to explain that a drug, long considered as a drug reserved for the privileged classes, seems to become commonplace? Also, how do the public authorities respond to this “democratization”?

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