"The results of the ENCLASS survey (the union of the HBSC and ESPAD surveys, both conducted in school settings) are consistent with the ESCAPAD survey in terms of the particular use of cannabis among young people in France (OFDT 2024).
"In 2022, among junior high school students, the lifetime use of cannabis decreased in comparison with 2018, as did last month use, falling from 6.7% to 5.3%, and from 4.5% to 2.8%, respectively. Daily and regular use of cannabis remain marginal and affect 1% of junior high school students.
"In high schools, in 2022, the diffusion of cannabis had also slowed down since 2018. Lifetime use of this substance, which affected a third of high school students (33.1%) in 2018, affected less than a quarter of them in 2022 (22.5%). Last year use decreased by 9 percentage points (17.6% vs. 26.5%), and last month use by almost 6 percentage points (10.6% vs. 17.3%), while regular use halved (2.9% vs. 6.2%).
"Among drug users seen in CAARUDs, cannabis plays a predominant role in substance use in 2019, three quarters of them had used it in the month before the survey, half of them on a daily basis (Cadet-Taïrou et al. 2020). The TREND scheme shows that cannabis is particularly present in the poly-consumption of users in very precarious situations on the one hand and among people frequenting techno parties on the other."
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 3: Drugs. Dec. 1, 2024.
