According to a French study, Lille is the city in France where we consume the most cannabis and cocaine. Martine Aubry, its mayor, strongly contests the calculation method.
To the question, in which city in France do we take drugs the most, the wastewater from our sewers could provide answers. Researchers from the University of Paris-Sud and the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) have indeed analyzed samples of wastewater from twenty-five French municipalities of 10,000 to more than 100,000 inhabitants, looking for traces of drugs. An unprecedented study relayed this Tuesday by the website Docbuzz, which angered Martine Aubry, the mayor of Lille.
Lille would be the French capital of cocaine consumption …
According to this survey officially launched in 2012, Lille and its surroundings would come out on top for cocaine consumption with 1,409 mg per day per 1,000 inhabitants during the week and 2,434 mg at weekends.
Results that Martine Aubry, mayor of Lille, strongly contested. Asked about France 3 Nord Pas-de-Calais, she said that the researchers’ samples had been taken on the weekend of the big sale of Lille, “A time when the city welcomes more than 2 million people”, underlines the elected socialist.
And the former first secretary of the Socialist Party recalled that the data from the INPES Health Barometer published in March 2013 revealed that “the level of drug consumption in Nord Pas de Calais, whatever the narcotic product studied, is for many years below the average observed in the rest of the country. “
… and cannabis
Moreover, another drug, but the same observation. The Lille metropolitan area would also establish itself as the European champion of cannabis consumption. The people of Lille smoke 999 mg / day / 1000 inhabitants. This is five times more than in Amsterdam, a city where cannabis consumption is legalized. In this sad ranking, Lille is closely followed by Avignon, where the consumption of marijuana is also peaking there.
Ecstasy, a Montpellier problem?
Finally, the concentration of traces of ecstasy in wastewater reaches its peak in the very student city of Montpellier, with rates five times higher than the French average. The study also reveals that this drug, known as recreational, is mainly consumed in the South of France. This is worrying information since this synthetic drug is as dangerous as other substances, especially with regard to the risk of dependence.
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