The number of cocaine users in France has nearly doubled to 1.1 million, with employees increasingly using the drug to cope with workplace pressures, a government report revealed on Wednesday.

  • @[email protected]English
    11•6 hours ago

    Nah, here in France we’ve been using the same revolutionary approach to drugs for decades now: be tougher on crime. We’re more and more repressive, while usage keeps climbing. Each new interior minister scoffs at the idea of legalization, explaining instead that his predecessors failed because they just weren’t tough enough.

    • @x00zEnglish
      5•4 hours ago

      A war on drugs also creates soldiers on the other side. Merseille is a good example.

      • @[email protected]English
        1•4 hours ago

        Add this to the pile of reasons why it’s a terrible idea, except for traffickers and politics looking to score cheap points with the right I guess…