"In 2023, the total number of people charged for the use of narcotics in France was around 260,300. Most of the people prosecuted for drug offences were charged for simple use (84%). The number of people arrested for trafficking offences is way lower (48,300 in 2023). As of September 2020, simple use violations can be sanctioned by a criminal fixed fined (AFD in French). In 2023, the Interior Ministry’s statistics department made a list of more than 160,000 criminal fixed fines, thus demonstrating the significant growth of this measure to tackle drug use (particularly those of cannabis). Since 2022, a criminal fixed fined have become the main response to drug use. However, these progressions are very contrasting geographically. Most of the fines relate to the use of cannabis (almost 98%), far ahead of cocaine (less than 2%), with other products accounting for virtually no share."
l'Observatoire francais des drogues et des toxicomanies (OFDT). 2024 National report (2023 data) to the EUDA by the French Reitox National Focal Point. Workbook 4: Drug Market and Crime. Dec. 1, 2024.
