Question 13256 — drugs

Summary

Mrs. Emmanuelle Ménard draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the new plan to fight against drugs recently presented by Mrs. Hidalgo. La Mayor of Paris, who has in fact declared that certain districts of the city are "rotten by drugs" and that new means must be provided to "restore the Republic in these districts". The situation in the north-east of Paris is currently explosive: drug addicts and dealers have taken over a vacant lot near the ring road and the entire Porte de la Chapelle district is subject to the influence of what local residents now nickname “crack hill” or even “the gate to hell”. Despite more than fifteen evacuations, the inhabitants of the “hill” tirelessly return. The situation is not only unhealthy, it is also particularly violent: some Motorists were attacked and the “Wilson Migrant Solidarity” collective was forced to close its premises. Public transport is also paying the price for this degraded situation. Verbal or physical attacks linked to drug trafficking occur one after the other in the metro, so much so that certain drivers sometimes refuse to stop at certain stations on line 12 in order to “preserve the physical integrity of the travelers”. Finally, we must highlight the unprecedented growth in cocaine trafficking in France. The consumption of this now very accessible drug is increasingly uninhibited among users and dealers do not hesitate to use aggressive commercial techniques to attract new customers. To stop this situation, Ms. Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, announced that an additional million euros would be allocated to the fight against the drug. However, the opening of new “lower risk drug consumption rooms” planned by this plan is worrying. Ms. Souyris, deputy mayor of Paris in charge of issues relating to health and relations with the AP-HP, estimates that there should be four “shooting rooms” in Paris “including one for crack inhalation, to allow balanced care that corresponds to health needs”. Gold, on the one hand, cocaine consumption would be difficult to meet people's “health needs” and it would probably be more judicious to encourage detoxification than to organize consumption. On the other hand, the results following the opening, in October 2016, of a consumption room near the Gare du Nord are more than mixed: local residents denounce significant nuisances and the transformation of their neighborhood into a real “open-air shooting room”. A 2016 Odoxa survey reveals that 53% of French people are against the opening of shooting rooms. 73% say they are dissatisfied with the drug policy and 58% consider it “lax”. This is why she asks what measures she intends to take to fight this scourge in the long term.

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