The aim of this study is to review the most recent data on the use of both legal and illegal drugs and to explore gender differences in this regard by assessing the extent to which these...

The INPES 2005 Health Barometer survey highlights several health issues that require greater public awareness and prevention efforts. Here is a brief, non-exhaustive overview of a few topics.

Safer consumption rooms are the result of a pragmatic approach that has already been widely implemented and evaluated internationally. They are part of the long-standing process of harm...

This article describes a study that is both multidisciplinary (combining epidemiological surveillance and socio-anthropological research) and methodological (integrating quantitative and...

In many developed countries, needle exchange programs (NEPs) are a key component of harm reduction policies for people who use drugs. Most studies on NEPs suggest that they help prevent...

Alain Morel, a psychiatrist and director of a treatment center for substance abusers, proposes a new strategy for preventing risky substance use. Drawing on his experience as a clinician...

This article reviews the principles of representative surveys of the general population and their role in monitoring addictive behaviors: quantifying the levels of use of various...

In France, patterns of use of various psychoactive substances (both legal and illegal), as well as recent trends, have been tracked for the past decade through a series of representative...

Excerpt from the Baromètre Santé survey conducted among 4,115 young people aged 12 to 19. This chapter analyzes the links between alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use. 26.6% of young...

This special report on drugs examines, in turn, the supply and demand for psychotropic substances, the AIDS problem, and a review of ten years of efforts to combat drug addiction (the...