The government will launch “Before the end of summer” an awareness campaign against drugs, announced Gérald Darmanin in an interview with Sunday newspaper of April 25, a week after Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to open a “Great debate” on the subject.
“The last drug awareness campaign dates back thirty years! The government will launch a new one before the end of the summer under the authority of the Prime Minister ”, declared to JDD the minister of the Interior, which has made the fight against drug trafficking its priority.
Cannabis addiction
On the repressive side, Gérald Darmanin affirmed that the police services had carried out since January “More than 1,300 deal point dismantling operations”, with “Large and regular seizures” the key. Otherwise, “More than 70,000 criminal fines” have been issued to consumers since 1er September, date of their generalization.
In a river interview with Figaro Last Monday, Emmanuel Macron wanted the launch of“A great national debate on drug consumption and its deleterious effects” without detailing how this consultation could be conducted. “France has become a country of consumption and therefore, this taboo must be broken”, estimated the head of state. France is the leading country in Europe in terms of the number of cannabis consumers with 1.5 million regular users.
“Cannabis has become a hard drug”, said Gérald Darmanin to JDD, recalling its heavy dependence on the rise ” considerable “ the level of THC, the psychotropic molecule in cannabis.