Cocaine consumption on the rise in France

According to data from Public Health France, 23,335 visits to the emergency room took place in connection with the consumption of cocaine between 2010 and 2022. This includes the different forms of the drug: powder, crack…

In a statement, the public health agency said that “These results highlight a strong and continuous increase over the period 2010-2022 regardless of the region.

“The passages would mainly concern men”

The health authorities note above all that these passages have become more and more frequent. “After a period of relative stabilization between 2018 and 2021, the data shows a particularly strong increase between 2021 and 2022“notes Public Health France.

The agency also claims that “the passages concerned mostly men – 75% – and the median age was 32, which corresponds to the profiles usually the most consumers within the general population”.

To explain the progression of these visits to the emergency room, Public Health France gives as its main hypothesis a general increase in the consumption of cocaine.

However, she believes that cases of intoxication could also become more frequent because of the circulation of more concentrated forms of cocaine.