'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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"Congratulations to Drugs for winning the war on Drugs"
You can't even keep it out from prison, forget about it not entering your country
The problem is we've endorsed a bunch of experts professionally trained to provide poor answers to good questions.
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
25 күн бұрын
Why don't they just legalise them and control them ? look at prohibition in the USA.
@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
9 күн бұрын
And now taxes are raised,,,again..pfff very tiring
Give people meaning and purpose in their lives and most people wouldn’t need them
stop the war on drug's and the hypocrisy
Decriminalisation and clean up.product , less harm , less health issues . Tax .and treatments.
But we like drugs 🤷♂️
Why?… because governments get rich from it.
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.
I have always found the best way to live is not to be a junky!
@raafie3764
8 күн бұрын
You are a junky paying tax , tax junky
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
28 күн бұрын
What are anty drugs or can't you spell?
@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
25 күн бұрын
@@huskydogable When someone is too dumb to counter an argument, they begin nitpicking spellings and grammar.
@MargaretCho-pt3ng
25 күн бұрын
Or even better, make alcohol illegal again.
It's a form of hybrid warfare
@user-gc8pc3ol6l
27 күн бұрын
China and Fentanyl in the US. Asymmetric warfare.
I saw bankers do coke openly in the streets in Geneva 😂😂
@pragueexpat5106
27 күн бұрын
Switzerland is not part of EU though..
@shark4sk
27 күн бұрын
Really 😲😲😲?
@eddosimonetti2314
27 күн бұрын
@@shark4sk grab a book will you.
@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
25 күн бұрын
@@eddosimonetti2314 EFTA country
“ just say NO to drugs “ Ronald Reagan 😂🤣 Yes starting tomorrow
@coz2j69
26 күн бұрын
Exactly No buyers = no sellers
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
26 күн бұрын
What a genius idea:D
@MargaretCho-pt3ng
25 күн бұрын
Just like France followed the USA into Iraq and Afghanistan... French people are followers, not leaders.
@mark-dv9gb
24 күн бұрын
Lmao
@nomadedoasfalto
21 күн бұрын
Como ninguem pensou nisso antes???😂😂😂.....
Its a futile effort and they know it.
even here in the middle of nowhere in malaga mountains its rife.loads of locals are bang at it.
How many people worldwide alcohol kills? And how many families are destroyed by it? Stop alcohol first or legalise everything.
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
25 күн бұрын
Bad for your heart. Not worth it
@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
25 күн бұрын
Same with EVERYTHING.
All the time you make a trade illegal then smugglers will make money
@rodmarker2071
25 күн бұрын
Why don't they just legalise them and control them ? look at prohibition in the USA.
Legalize, destigmatize, regulate, educate. To think we have the omnipotence to undo every “evil” is a dangerous illusion that costs society dearly.
Congratulations to drugs for winning the war😂
A huge inquiry from the senate. They just forgot to hear any consumer
There is probably not a village in Europe where you cannot get your hands on cocaine 😱
We want flakka!
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
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
8 күн бұрын
Why would they put barriers? Their goal is to make Europe a Fédéral state.
Burnouts related to overstim +psychosocial stress .skeletal muscle arrophies of burnouts
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
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
4 күн бұрын
Part of the governments are in this @robroy8568
Yes you let them in 😅😅😅 time to close the borders
Gee wonder if that can happen without gov being the biggest offender 😂
Congratulations to Drugs for winning the War on Drugs.
Unconditional right to stop our own life whenever we want medically. My body my choice. Freedom
The EU has made life miserable might as well get wasted.
@norfolkronin6307
23 күн бұрын
Same as uk
@bradpnw1897
23 күн бұрын
Please grow your own
Never the users, it's always the tax free businesses.
Imagine if all drugs were legal & taxed & produced by government……, 75% of prison population would not exist.
A lot of people in Europe has normalized the consume of c.
0:23 And wat could be next? legal highs or ice 'well thats wat i understand pmsl.
nothing out of the ordinary.
Society doesnt want reality anymore to depressing.Drugs are bad until their good.
Oh well.
Blame the failing society
Its only not legal because they cant tax it
Trapping ain’t dead
@Jo-my2od
16 күн бұрын
It will never die
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
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
4 күн бұрын
yeah its true they eliminate the herion trade by 90% but the problem is they simply switched to synthesize methamphetamine.
the wonders of Prohibition really working wonders 🙄
Congratulations to cocaine for winning the war on drugs 😂
Heroin is declining that's not good.
@Boston82bl
27 күн бұрын
I guess Taliban ban is working.
Why would anyone want them?
Best stick to the vin rouge and mescaline eh.
@war-painter
17 күн бұрын
And a fine strain of “special chocolat”
Heroin production has decreased 95% since the USA left Afghanistan 🤔
I was a drug addict for many years. When I wanted some drugs. I looked for a Muslim first
Its like alcohol, dangerous
big money to atleast easy side hustles
Just say it like it is - it's Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Albania.
Well I wonder where that’s coming from
@sage6211
28 күн бұрын
they literally talk about it in the video lol you admitted you didn’t watch it
@ThePWNDR
27 күн бұрын
China. Who else. But orcs will keep commenting here claiming ruzzia and China are their daddies.
What about Portugal?
Maybe it's the easiest way of bringing it in to Great Britain
you know Mr Blanc is on that good good
Drugs mmmm
Disco!
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
Soooo old issue. We are flooded not with cox but with views of so called experts.
We want better drugs!!!
Free the weed
Inflation doesnt harm the price,,mm.m
😂I want my Sex, my drugs, and my Rock n Roll!🎉
We have the same problems in USA
asymetric warefare...
they couldnt wait to get their hands on white gold
you imported the third world along with their skills lol
You forgot to mention the curroption of police. Free the weed.
"Open borders"
Why don't they just legalise them and control them ? look at prohibition in the USA.
No more living in simpler times. Get with it. Things are getting real.
CIA
@ThePWNDR
27 күн бұрын
Lol you must be on drugs. China is the mass producer of these designer chemicals.
Ay baybay 🎉😂
Opium wars🤔Cia contra🤔mhhh🤭your leaders are involved 😉
illegal immigrants
Don't do drugs.
@MargaretCho-pt3ng
25 күн бұрын
Why not coffee? Coffee is a drug.
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.
Trash
Why not in India, why only in NATO country 😂😂😂😂😂
Import third world become third world
Migrant gangs?
Maybe it's time to ask China for help on how to fight against drugs and crime.
@MargaretCho-pt3ng
25 күн бұрын
The solution is to ban all human rights. - China
@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
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.
france is gone
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.
The world needs drugs
People need to know this is happening around the world under progressive liberals administrations 😂😂😂😂😂
Re-instate border crossing checks between EU countries. Scan all shipping containers coming into the port of Marseille et Rotterdam for starters.
Zelenskyy's favorite
Zelenskyy probably uses at least half that amount 😂
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
EU needs a harsh drug law like Singapore's
@Kirt44
27 күн бұрын
Hell NO!!
@pragueexpat5106
27 күн бұрын
@@Kirt44 Are you a drug mule?
@MargaretCho-pt3ng
25 күн бұрын
EU needs fewer human rights like China.
This is what happens when you DEFUND the police
You guys heard of a French connection haven't you They created it The rumors are the president himself of that country is involved😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Coke good, meth bad
@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”.