EU warns that the great availability of cocaine increases its use | Society

He is Last European Drug Report. This recommendation made by the European Union Agency on Drugs (EUDA), based on certain data resources, such as the remnants of cocaine found in municipal sewage, has increased in cities in cities in 2023 and 2024 in 2023 and 2024. It has been considered for the past seven years. Cocaine is first consumed and treatment begins for 13 years.

This report, based on the data of the European Union, more on Norwegian and Turkey’s data, affects the use of drugs and trends of drugs and trafficking, security and sanitary perspective, and some “developing threats” that requires the manufacture of member states. As an expansion of synthetic catinones and opioids And powerful products obtained from marijuana.

In terms of cocaine, the most illegal stimulant use in Europe – 4.6 million people between 15 and 64 years have been used in the last year – highlighting increasing concerns about public health. This is the second Drug Shadam that requested many treatments and one of the Sentinel hospitals involved in the Euro-Den Plus program of 2023, which is the most appointed material with severe drug shadow. It was mentioned by 1,695 patients, one of the four.

The captured cocaine amounts rose 30% across Europe, 323 tonnes in 2023 reached 419 by 2023, the last year’s official data available. Belgium (123 tons), Spain (118 tons) And the total amount of total amount of Netherlands (59 tonnes) has accumulated nearly three -quarters (72%), which highlights his role as key entry points for cocaine traffic for Europe, although the basic data of 2024 indicates that the situation is changing. Other entrances are Germany (43 tonnes), France (23 tonnes) and Portugal (22 tonnes).

In 2024, it was recorded in Spain The highest seizure of cocaine in its history (13 tons) in a single consignmentIt reached Alzisiras (Codiz) hidden in banana from Ecuador. Definitely to fight the drug trafficking and organized crimesTo the European Alliance of the ports.

The report emphasizes that competition in the drug market promotes crimes related to cocaine, such as violence related to bands and homicides, and this hostility Recruitment of minors for criminal activity. Last November, the arrest of a couple and their son in Alikante was alerted to murdering minors in our country.

More Catinons seizures

In the stimulus market in Europe, Catinons (known as “bathrooms”) are more strength. These are experiencing involuntarily consumed in drugs and tablets drugs, although they can also be deliberately purchased.

The report highlights that its availability with “unprecedented imports and convulsions” has increased. At least 37 tonnes of synthetic catinones were informed in 2023 (27 tonnes in 2022 and 4.5 tonnes in 2021). They are mostly introduced from India by the Netherlands and are mainly in Poland.

EU for new psychotic materials

In relation to new synthetic opioids (whose effects are similar to heroin), this study highlights that they usually have a relatively low presence in the European drug shadow market, although they reach “great importance” in Baltic countries. Last year, the agency has already warned about the threat of these types of drugs shades, which includes the risks of intoxication and death.

Since 2009, 88 new synthetic opioids have been counted and nine ninthacens, which were informed in the last year in the initial alert service, a variant Powerful than terrible Fentanil And it is occasionally sold as “Synthetic Hero”. This drug is behind the “significant part” for overdose deaths in Estonia and Latvia.

These nytacians are found in false medication, which are usually legal, sales with recipe, for example oxycodone and benzodiazepines. The agency is concerned because the number of users of this substance increases, including youth. After any reduction in heroin availability in Europe, after the Taliban ban for the production of Opium in Afghanistan, the use of synthetic opioids or stimulus, cocaine and synthetic, after the availability of heroin in the availability of heroin in Europe.

More powerful marijuana

Among the challenges facing marijuana in Europe – the most illegal Drug Shadam used in Europe, 24 million adults claimed to have taken it in the last year – emphasizing the increase in the power of its products and the growth of new synthetic variables.

The average content of ThC, which is the main psychotic compound of marijuana resin, has doubled until 23 % in 2023, in the last decade, is more than double the marijuana grass, which is stable in 11 %. Risk assessment is complicated by a variety of products, such as high energy and edible extract. Some products can be converted with synthetic variables, without knowing them. In June 2024, Hungary informed the spread of 30 non -mortal acute poisoning related to the use of jelly beans containing powerful semi -synthetic cannabinoids.

In the Political Front, many EU member states (for example, Germany, Luxembourg, Malta and Netherlands) have changed, or are planning to change, their approach on the use and supply of marijuana for recreational purposes. These changes include new regulations for domestic cultivation, non -profit cultivated clubs and marijuana private use. EUDA emphasizes the need to monitor and assess these wonders to fully understand its impact on public health, security and internal market.