In 2023, the level of cocaine consumption in France reached 1.1 million people, which is twice as much as in the previous year. This was reported by the French Observatory on drugs and toxic substances (OFDT).
According to the latest report on drugs, 1.1 million people aged 11 to 75 years at least once used cocaine in 2023.
In 2022, this number was 600 thousand, and in 2023, cocaine consumption in the country doubled.
France took 7th place among countries with the highest level of cocaine consumption in Europe in 2023.
Drug production is growing all over the world. Illegal drug consumptions have also increased in France.
According to reports, in 2023, local authorities seized about 23.2 tons of cocaine.
According to the UN Drugs and Crime Office, in 2010, the world production of cocaine was estimated at 1134 tons, and in 2022 this volume reached 2700 tons.