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Rising deaths, fake pills, gang violence: How the EU is struggling to cope with illegal drug problem
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06/06/2025
Rising deaths, fake pills, gang violence: How the EU is struggling to cope with illegal drug problem
Europe’s emerging drug threats span everything from fake medicines, cocaine busts, and synthetic weed, according to a new report.
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More accessible cocaine and counterfeit painkillers.
00:06
The EU's drug agency is sounding the alarm.
00:09
In its annual report published on Thursday,
00:11
the agency also refers to a constantly changing market,
00:15
which increases the health and safety risks.
00:18
Last year, cocaine was the stimulant drug
00:21
most commonly used by around 4.6 million adults.
00:26
What we observe is that there is an increase in the availability
00:30
that we can assess, for instance, with the seizures.
00:34
At the same time, using a new or recent methodology
00:39
that is to waste water analysis,
00:42
we see that there is a clear increase in the human consumption of cocaine.
00:48
Since 2009, the European agency has also seen the arrival
00:52
of 88 synthetic opioids.
00:55
These substances sometimes imitate real medicines,
00:58
increasing the risk of counterfeiting and therefore poisoning.
01:01
One of the characteristics is that
01:03
they can be up to 400 times more potent than morphine,
01:08
but they may also be extremely more toxic,
01:12
which means that altogether, if we put the stimulants,
01:16
the stimulants, the synthetic drugs, the synthetic cantinols,
01:21
and the synthetic opioids and cannabinoids.
01:24
Overall, there is a broadened offer of substances on the market.
01:29
Cannabis was still the drug most used by 24 million adults last year.
01:35
But the agency points out that the average THC content,
01:39
the psychoactive component, has doubled in a decade.
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That's a great deal.
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That's a great deal.
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That's great.
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That's great.
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That's great.
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