'Catastrophe': 'Cocaine is flooding Europe', 'highly dangerous' synthetic drugs pose major threat

In a report by a committee on drug trafficking, French senators warn that France is being 'submerged by illicit drugs'. FRANCE 24's Tom Burges Watson is joined by Thomas Pietschmann, Senior Research Officer at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), who explains that this trend extends to the whole of Europe, and it concerns in particular the trafficking of cocaine from South America.
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  • @floydsemlow8253
    @floydsemlow825323 күн бұрын

    "Congratulations to Drugs for winning the war on Drugs"

  • @Remcore020
    @Remcore02026 күн бұрын

    You can't even keep it out from prison, forget about it not entering your country

  • @fickle1207
    @fickle120727 күн бұрын

    The problem is we've endorsed a bunch of experts professionally trained to provide poor answers to good questions.

  • @XxTheAwokenOnexX
    @XxTheAwokenOnexX26 күн бұрын

    The European Parliament have lost billions of taxes every by not legalising marijuana since 2008, and it is time Europeans were allowed a referendum to vote on legalising it 😁👍

  • @rodmarker2071

    @rodmarker2071

    25 күн бұрын

    Why don't they just legalise them and control them ? look at prohibition in the USA.

  • @obtuseguru7259

    @obtuseguru7259

    14 күн бұрын

    The problem is not the illegal weed but the rise in use of cocaine and other substances but mainly cocaine, right now it's an epidemic in europe and is bringing a lot of revenue to narcos. Real problem is people choosing to do cocaine, especially in the party scene, atleast 1 in 10 people partying have done cocaine and do it ocasionaly in weekends along with drinking, weed was always and will be there and does not cause much issue, although almost all cocaine users i know atleast smoke weed daily or atleast have smoked at some point, big problem in europe and the mental crisis among young people 100% has to do something with it.

  • @ericalen4369

    @ericalen4369

    9 күн бұрын

    And now taxes are raised,,,again..pfff very tiring

  • @ernestberry5226
    @ernestberry522620 күн бұрын

    Give people meaning and purpose in their lives and most people wouldn’t need them

  • @boriskaragiannis
    @boriskaragiannis25 күн бұрын

    stop the war on drug's and the hypocrisy

  • @darrenfenton9280
    @darrenfenton928027 күн бұрын

    Decriminalisation and clean up.product , less harm , less health issues . Tax .and treatments.

  • @lazeppelini123
    @lazeppelini12327 күн бұрын

    But we like drugs 🤷‍♂️

  • @alysonturcin-weller7443
    @alysonturcin-weller744327 күн бұрын

    Why?… because governments get rich from it.

  • @puravida5683
    @puravida568314 күн бұрын

    Take away the profit, eliminate the drug smuggling. The politicians and law enforcement profit from the current drug epidemic. Portugal legalized all drugs. Drug smuggling stopped, addiction dropped, crime dropped, incarcrations dropped, and all have free access to drug rehabilitation.

  • @TheCameraNever
    @TheCameraNever27 күн бұрын

    I have always found the best way to live is not to be a junky!

  • @raafie3764

    @raafie3764

    8 күн бұрын

    You are a junky paying tax , tax junky

  • @AAT305
    @AAT30528 күн бұрын

    Make it legal just like alcohol. Total nonsense to ban the stuff it is the reason for it to be of a huge advantage for criminals. Anty drugs policy are a total failure.

  • @huskydogable

    @huskydogable

    28 күн бұрын

    What are anty drugs or can't you spell?

  • @OLDSCHOOLPETE112

    @OLDSCHOOLPETE112

    26 күн бұрын

    NOT TRUE, no western goverments ever just started wipping out cartels'..never was a war on drug's that ive seen

  • @polycarp9897

    @polycarp9897

    25 күн бұрын

    @@huskydogable When someone is too dumb to counter an argument, they begin nitpicking spellings and grammar.

  • @MargaretCho-pt3ng

    @MargaretCho-pt3ng

    25 күн бұрын

    Or even better, make alcohol illegal again.

  • @icu17siberia
    @icu17siberia28 күн бұрын

    It's a form of hybrid warfare

  • @user-gc8pc3ol6l

    @user-gc8pc3ol6l

    27 күн бұрын

    China and Fentanyl in the US. Asymmetric warfare.

  • @bluepearlagain
    @bluepearlagain28 күн бұрын

    I saw bankers do coke openly in the streets in Geneva 😂😂

  • @pragueexpat5106

    @pragueexpat5106

    27 күн бұрын

    Switzerland is not part of EU though..

  • @shark4sk

    @shark4sk

    27 күн бұрын

    Really 😲😲😲?

  • @eddosimonetti2314

    @eddosimonetti2314

    27 күн бұрын

    @@shark4sk grab a book will you.

  • @shark4sk

    @shark4sk

    26 күн бұрын

    @@eddosimonetti2314 I think you need to learn... Switzerland is part of Europe but not part of Euro Zone... Anyway I was asking/Suprised regarding the coke thing..As I was there for 2 Days in Zurich I find it really clean...safe and did not see any drug users on street.....

  • @Shamansdurx

    @Shamansdurx

    25 күн бұрын

    @@eddosimonetti2314 EFTA country

  • @cryptonighit
    @cryptonighit28 күн бұрын

    “ just say NO to drugs “ Ronald Reagan 😂🤣 Yes starting tomorrow

  • @coz2j69

    @coz2j69

    26 күн бұрын

    Exactly No buyers = no sellers

  • @nerobruno
    @nerobruno27 күн бұрын

    Yes! France creating their own DEA is a brilliant idea! 🤩 Surely it will help because the DEA has really won the war on drugs. 😒 The USA will lead the way. 😌

  • @mh8048

    @mh8048

    26 күн бұрын

    What a genius idea:D

  • @MargaretCho-pt3ng

    @MargaretCho-pt3ng

    25 күн бұрын

    Just like France followed the USA into Iraq and Afghanistan... French people are followers, not leaders.

  • @mark-dv9gb

    @mark-dv9gb

    24 күн бұрын

    Lmao

  • @nomadedoasfalto

    @nomadedoasfalto

    21 күн бұрын

    Como ninguem pensou nisso antes???😂😂😂.....

  • @willymaykit1482
    @willymaykit148223 күн бұрын

    Its a futile effort and they know it.

  • @pedrothewise2584
    @pedrothewise258425 күн бұрын

    even here in the middle of nowhere in malaga mountains its rife.loads of locals are bang at it.

  • @aamrs7863
    @aamrs78638 күн бұрын

    How many people worldwide alcohol kills? And how many families are destroyed by it? Stop alcohol first or legalise everything.

  • @AlanBurr-nu5tm
    @AlanBurr-nu5tm27 күн бұрын

    I think cocaine is something that you need to have some self control with or realize when you are using a tad to much a bit to frequently. You dont get do it every week and shouldn't.

  • @Tribuneoftheplebs

    @Tribuneoftheplebs

    25 күн бұрын

    Bad for your heart. Not worth it

  • @BatCountryAdventures

    @BatCountryAdventures

    25 күн бұрын

    According to my friend, cocaine is always "pretty lacklustre" if compared to cannabis, MDMA, 2CB and LSD. Like they are really expensive but somewhat lacking when it comes to how much fun one can have.

  • @MargaretCho-pt3ng

    @MargaretCho-pt3ng

    25 күн бұрын

    Same with EVERYTHING.

  • @julianlawrence-ball2279
    @julianlawrence-ball227928 күн бұрын

    All the time you make a trade illegal then smugglers will make money

  • @rodmarker2071

    @rodmarker2071

    25 күн бұрын

    Why don't they just legalise them and control them ? look at prohibition in the USA.

  • @elgringoconsabor
    @elgringoconsabor28 күн бұрын

    Legalize, destigmatize, regulate, educate. To think we have the omnipotence to undo every “evil” is a dangerous illusion that costs society dearly.

  • @terpkilla6674
    @terpkilla667425 күн бұрын

    Congratulations to drugs for winning the war😂

  • @johnjohn-zr2vg
    @johnjohn-zr2vg27 күн бұрын

    A huge inquiry from the senate. They just forgot to hear any consumer

  • @wallybingbang4350
    @wallybingbang43504 күн бұрын

    There is probably not a village in Europe where you cannot get your hands on cocaine 😱

  • @back2nature608
    @back2nature60824 күн бұрын

    We want flakka!

  • @History_Coffee
    @History_Coffee28 күн бұрын

    If only there was some kind of barrier one would have to pass through before entering another country, might make it more difficult for illegal substances to enter?

  • @rodmarker2071

    @rodmarker2071

    25 күн бұрын

    There are all around UK and guess what? they don't work There are between S America and Europe - guess what ?

  • @robroy8568

    @robroy8568

    8 күн бұрын

    Why would they put barriers? Their goal is to make Europe a Fédéral state.

  • @watcher5729
    @watcher572919 күн бұрын

    Burnouts related to overstim +psychosocial stress .skeletal muscle arrophies of burnouts

  • @harryjones5260
    @harryjones526027 күн бұрын

    back in 1992 we went to a nightclub in Paris. Couldnt even get a single rizla all night, so things must have really gone downhill.

  • @robroy8568

    @robroy8568

    8 күн бұрын

    AT this Time Coke was really expensive in France and mostly only for the rich people gathering, like 150 $ a gram, nowadays you Can find it in every block and every Cannabis pushers also offers coke, you Can buy it for 30-40 $ for half a gram, or 60-80$ a gram. South American Cartel has decided to really target Europe since 15 years, and its growing constantly.

  • @user-nu1sq2fz8s

    @user-nu1sq2fz8s

    4 күн бұрын

    Part of the governments are in this ​@robroy8568

  • @geminienigma4421
    @geminienigma442125 күн бұрын

    Yes you let them in 😅😅😅 time to close the borders

  • @Barryobamasadick
    @Barryobamasadick23 күн бұрын

    Gee wonder if that can happen without gov being the biggest offender 😂

  • @andrewweaver2517
    @andrewweaver251723 күн бұрын

    Congratulations to Drugs for winning the War on Drugs.

  • @terranowa2080
    @terranowa208026 күн бұрын

    Unconditional right to stop our own life whenever we want medically. My body my choice. Freedom

  • @glenbolderson9279
    @glenbolderson927927 күн бұрын

    The EU has made life miserable might as well get wasted.

  • @norfolkronin6307

    @norfolkronin6307

    23 күн бұрын

    Same as uk

  • @bradpnw1897

    @bradpnw1897

    23 күн бұрын

    Please grow your own

  • @MinusMedley
    @MinusMedley20 күн бұрын

    Never the users, it's always the tax free businesses.

  • @danielgonzalez-yp7hi
    @danielgonzalez-yp7hi3 күн бұрын

    Imagine if all drugs were legal & taxed & produced by government……, 75% of prison population would not exist.

  • @sebastianhidalgochavarriag559
    @sebastianhidalgochavarriag5597 күн бұрын

    A lot of people in Europe has normalized the consume of c.

  • @davechristian7543
    @davechristian754327 күн бұрын

    0:23 And wat could be next? legal highs or ice 'well thats wat i understand pmsl.

  • @linguadesogra5287
    @linguadesogra52879 күн бұрын

    nothing out of the ordinary.

  • @talltrees358
    @talltrees3583 күн бұрын

    Society doesnt want reality anymore to depressing.Drugs are bad until their good.

  • @theotheleo6830
    @theotheleo683026 күн бұрын

    Oh well.

  • @drunkdrftr
    @drunkdrftr8 күн бұрын

    Blame the failing society

  • @roofingcontractors3349
    @roofingcontractors334913 күн бұрын

    Its only not legal because they cant tax it

  • @mobaysparta7476
    @mobaysparta747625 күн бұрын

    Trapping ain’t dead

  • @Jo-my2od

    @Jo-my2od

    16 күн бұрын

    It will never die

  • @vincentrockel1149
    @vincentrockel114925 күн бұрын

    If the taliban could eliminate opium production in a country like Afghanistan, then the Western governments could do the same if they wanted to. They would rather spend the money playing at stemming the flow because that is much more profitable.

  • @wokenup5273

    @wokenup5273

    18 күн бұрын

    It's the destruction of the opium by the taliban which has led to this major crisis with synthetic opiates.

  • @amarnath-rw8fu

    @amarnath-rw8fu

    4 күн бұрын

    yeah its true they eliminate the herion trade by 90% but the problem is they simply switched to synthesize methamphetamine.

  • @rebel4029
    @rebel40294 күн бұрын

    the wonders of Prohibition really working wonders 🙄

  • @unvaccinated_proletariat6960
    @unvaccinated_proletariat69605 күн бұрын

    Congratulations to cocaine for winning the war on drugs 😂

  • @Boston82bl
    @Boston82bl27 күн бұрын

    Heroin is declining that's not good.

  • @Boston82bl

    @Boston82bl

    27 күн бұрын

    I guess Taliban ban is working.

  • @Happy-uy5wc
    @Happy-uy5wc28 күн бұрын

    Why would anyone want them?

  • @matthewdolan5831
    @matthewdolan583125 күн бұрын

    Best stick to the vin rouge and mescaline eh.

  • @war-painter

    @war-painter

    17 күн бұрын

    And a fine strain of “special chocolat”

  • @ifnottoday
    @ifnottoday8 күн бұрын

    Heroin production has decreased 95% since the USA left Afghanistan 🤔

  • @wcfields4469
    @wcfields446910 күн бұрын

    I was a drug addict for many years. When I wanted some drugs. I looked for a Muslim first

  • @jannetranberg7186
    @jannetranberg71869 күн бұрын

    Its like alcohol, dangerous

  • @Donnnny2010
    @Donnnny20106 күн бұрын

    big money to atleast easy side hustles

  • @13xBlackSun
    @13xBlackSun9 күн бұрын

    Just say it like it is - it's Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Albania.

  • @California265
    @California26528 күн бұрын

    Well I wonder where that’s coming from

  • @sage6211

    @sage6211

    28 күн бұрын

    they literally talk about it in the video lol you admitted you didn’t watch it

  • @ThePWNDR

    @ThePWNDR

    27 күн бұрын

    China. Who else. But orcs will keep commenting here claiming ruzzia and China are their daddies.

  • @vladara7226
    @vladara722615 күн бұрын

    What about Portugal?

  • @faisalmahmood3420
    @faisalmahmood34209 күн бұрын

    Maybe it's the easiest way of bringing it in to Great Britain

  • @sitindogmas
    @sitindogmas17 күн бұрын

    you know Mr Blanc is on that good good

  • @pulakification
    @pulakification27 күн бұрын

    Drugs mmmm

  • @CoolGrapes888
    @CoolGrapes88825 күн бұрын

    Disco!

  • @scumbagthe5500
    @scumbagthe55002 күн бұрын

    Let people decide themself, decriminalize all consciousness expanding drugs, regulate them, tax them and educate the youth. It's the prohibition thats the problem. But then again, the police are not interested in such a case. They feed on the prohibition

  • @rasara
    @rasara22 күн бұрын

    Soooo old issue. We are flooded not with cox but with views of so called experts.

  • @liamporter6243
    @liamporter6243Күн бұрын

    We want better drugs!!!

  • @soton5teve
    @soton5teve9 күн бұрын

    Free the weed

  • @ericalen4369
    @ericalen43699 күн бұрын

    Inflation doesnt harm the price,,mm.m

  • @johntorres7220
    @johntorres722011 күн бұрын

    😂I want my Sex, my drugs, and my Rock n Roll!🎉

  • @vincentorlando6767
    @vincentorlando676727 күн бұрын

    We have the same problems in USA

  • @owainjohns2815
    @owainjohns281527 күн бұрын

    asymetric warefare...

  • @theseventhjournal7957
    @theseventhjournal79578 күн бұрын

    they couldnt wait to get their hands on white gold

  • @dd-du9bz
    @dd-du9bz4 күн бұрын

    you imported the third world along with their skills lol

  • @danny-b75
    @danny-b7512 күн бұрын

    You forgot to mention the curroption of police. Free the weed.

  • @soton5teve
    @soton5teve9 күн бұрын

    "Open borders"

  • @rodmarker2071
    @rodmarker207125 күн бұрын

    Why don't they just legalise them and control them ? look at prohibition in the USA.

  • @doubleaadoubleaa5538
    @doubleaadoubleaa553827 күн бұрын

    No more living in simpler times. Get with it. Things are getting real.

  • @lukepollard2202
    @lukepollard220227 күн бұрын

    CIA

  • @ThePWNDR

    @ThePWNDR

    27 күн бұрын

    Lol you must be on drugs. China is the mass producer of these designer chemicals.

  • @lenaely6146
    @lenaely614623 күн бұрын

    Ay baybay 🎉😂

  • @sibusisotshabalala3662
    @sibusisotshabalala366223 күн бұрын

    Opium wars🤔Cia contra🤔mhhh🤭your leaders are involved 😉

  • @Neppy1414
    @Neppy141425 күн бұрын

    illegal immigrants

  • @leonidaspetsakos9690
    @leonidaspetsakos969028 күн бұрын

    Don't do drugs.

  • @MargaretCho-pt3ng

    @MargaretCho-pt3ng

    25 күн бұрын

    Why not coffee? Coffee is a drug.

  • @quanfa88
    @quanfa8823 күн бұрын

    Here’s a brilliant solution: stop using illicit drugs! So simple, anyone can do it! There are no law enforcement weaknesses, only personal weaknesses. Just stop, people.

  • @alfredofernandez2903
    @alfredofernandez29039 күн бұрын

    Trash

  • @sciencetech7793
    @sciencetech779326 күн бұрын

    Why not in India, why only in NATO country 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @user-xf3zz7om8r
    @user-xf3zz7om8r4 күн бұрын

    Import third world become third world

  • @johnlawson6397
    @johnlawson639722 күн бұрын

    Migrant gangs?

  • @Macky1101
    @Macky110127 күн бұрын

    Maybe it's time to ask China for help on how to fight against drugs and crime.

  • @MargaretCho-pt3ng

    @MargaretCho-pt3ng

    25 күн бұрын

    The solution is to ban all human rights. - China

  • @bigmedge

    @bigmedge

    25 күн бұрын

    China has killed over 50 million of their own citizens in the past 50 years, so we already know what their solution is, & it won’t work in a civilized country

  • @war-painter

    @war-painter

    17 күн бұрын

    China is MAKING the precursor to Fentanyl. They learned a lot from the Opium Wars. Its obvious China intends to hook the West on the strongest, most addicting opiate drug possible, and the newest synthetic Fentanyl is 20 times stronger than the kind they use in hospitals (which is already 50 times stronger than heroin). China intends this to happen.

  • @user-nk9qb8uu1v
    @user-nk9qb8uu1vКүн бұрын

    france is gone

  • @djohanson99
    @djohanson9926 күн бұрын

    Drug laws cause harm. Sounds like they want to arrest their way out of the problem. Just like USA:crack and heroin/opiates. Got a habit myself. I love drugs. Crack too. Can't quit.

  • @stephenaisaican
    @stephenaisaican27 күн бұрын

    The world needs drugs

  • @Barryobamasadick
    @Barryobamasadick23 күн бұрын

    People need to know this is happening around the world under progressive liberals administrations 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @geoffoakland
    @geoffoakland27 күн бұрын

    Re-instate border crossing checks between EU countries. Scan all shipping containers coming into the port of Marseille et Rotterdam for starters.

  • @TheMightyKingzuru
    @TheMightyKingzuru25 күн бұрын

    Zelenskyy's favorite

  • @ernestberry5226
    @ernestberry522620 күн бұрын

    Zelenskyy probably uses at least half that amount 😂

  • @drattler1946
    @drattler194614 күн бұрын

    Make Drugs UNPOPULAR If the Public will not buy Drugs then they will go away ?? Quit coddling Drug use Do Not allow glamorizing of Drug Dealing or use Man up Get tough or Don't Up to YOU

  • @pragueexpat5106
    @pragueexpat510627 күн бұрын

    EU needs a harsh drug law like Singapore's

  • @Kirt44

    @Kirt44

    27 күн бұрын

    Hell NO!!

  • @pragueexpat5106

    @pragueexpat5106

    27 күн бұрын

    @@Kirt44 Are you a drug mule?

  • @MargaretCho-pt3ng

    @MargaretCho-pt3ng

    25 күн бұрын

    EU needs fewer human rights like China.

  • @andrewshanley2704
    @andrewshanley270420 күн бұрын

    This is what happens when you DEFUND the police

  • @Goldnowyoutube
    @Goldnowyoutube26 күн бұрын

    You guys heard of a French connection haven't you They created it The rumors are the president himself of that country is involved😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

  • @timdow8951
    @timdow895127 күн бұрын

    Coke good, meth bad

  • @war-painter

    @war-painter

    17 күн бұрын

    Fentanyl goes in both, makes no difference- addicted either way to the opiates in the Fentanyl. Dope dealers want you to “keep coming back”.