Cocaine use nearly doubles in France

Cocaine use in France has nearly doubled, with 1.1 million people having taken the illicit drug at least once in 2023, according to a study published on Wednesday. By comparison, the French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT) earlier estimated annual cocaine consumption in the country at 600,000 users when it released its previous report in 2022. France now ranks 7th in Europe in terms of cocaine consumption. FRANCE 24’s Antonia Kerrigan tells us more.