On July 21, during the inauguration of Laurent Nunez at his new post as prefect of police of Paris, Gérald Darmanin had set him an ultimatum on crack. He hoped that "within a year, and that this serious health and security problem, which rots the lives of Parisians, be solved". This quickly resulted, on October 5, in the evacuation of the Forceval site, near the Porte de la Villette, where several hundred crack users had settled. Since the police patrol to avoid any reformation of an open-air consumption site but crack has not disappeared from the streets of Paris.
Because this highly addictive cocaine derivative represents a complex public health and safety issue. It concerns a mostly very disadvantaged public, sometimes undocumented and often psychologically fragile, which does not facilitate the exit from addiction. But above all, the solutions to overcome crack are far from unanimous with a fixation abscess, the "shooting rooms" or Halte Soins Addictions where, as in Lariboisière (10th arrondissement), drug addicts can consume safely and safely with a view to later treatment. We explain all these issues in detail in the video at the top of the article. Enjoy your viewing!
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