In 2023, nearly one in ten adults (9.4%) have used cocaine at least once during their life, compared to 5.6% in 2017. Laurent Karila, psychiatrist specializing in addiction, was the guest of the show “Pascal Praud et vous”, to be listened to every day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Europe 1. The professor returned to the increase in cocaine consumption. Listen to the excerpt again. You can react at 01.80.20.39.21.
Cocaine consumption is exploding in France, where one in ten adults have already taken it at least once in their life, shows a study by the French Observatory of Drugs and Addictive Tendencies (OFDT) published on Wednesday. The survey on representations, opinions and perceptions of psychotropic drugs (EROPP) was carried out during 2023 in France, on a representative sample of 14,984 people aged 18 to 75.
In 2023, nearly one in ten adults (9.4%) have used cocaine at least once during their lifetime, compared to 5.6% in 2017. Current use (at least once during of the last 12 months) is experiencing an exponential trajectory: consumption has increased tenfold between 1992 (0.3%) and 2023 (2.7%). “It is a phenomenon which is quite common and which has increased in recent years. It is a stimulating drug. It is a product which is always used in a quite festive way. It is a product which has become more popular” , declared Laurent Karila, psychiatrist and specialist in addiction. He was the guest of “Pascal Praud and you”. “There are cocaine aperitifs now instead of peanut aperitifs,” added the professor.