'Catastrophe': 'Cocaine is flooding Europe', 'highly dangerous' synthetic drugs pose major threat

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  • čas přidán 14. 05. 2024
  • In a report by a committee on drug trafficking, French senators warn that France is being 'submerged by illicit drugs'. FRANCE 24's Tom Burges Watson is joined by Thomas Pietschmann, Senior Research Officer at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), who explains that this trend extends to the whole of Europe, and it concerns in particular the trafficking of cocaine from South America.
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Komentáře • 144

  • @XxTheAwokenOnexX
    @XxTheAwokenOnexX Před 12 dny +26

    The European Parliament have lost billions of taxes every by not legalising marijuana since 2008, and it is time Europeans were allowed a referendum to vote on legalising it 😁👍

    • @rodmarker2071
      @rodmarker2071 Před 11 dny +1

      Why don't they just legalise them and control them ? look at prohibition in the USA.

  • @fickle1207
    @fickle1207 Před 12 dny +28

    The problem is we've endorsed a bunch of experts professionally trained to provide poor answers to good questions.

  • @floydsemlow8253
    @floydsemlow8253 Před 8 dny +9

    "Congratulations to Drugs for winning the war on Drugs"

  • @Remcore020
    @Remcore020 Před 12 dny +20

    You can't even keep it out from prison, forget about it not entering your country

  • @boriskaragiannis
    @boriskaragiannis Před 11 dny +12

    stop the war on drug's and the hypocrisy

  • @TheCameraNever
    @TheCameraNever Před 12 dny +20

    I have always found the best way to live is not to be a junky!

  • @nerobruno
    @nerobruno Před 13 dny +29

    Yes! France creating their own DEA is a brilliant idea! 🤩
    Surely it will help because the DEA has really won the war on drugs. 😒
    The USA will lead the way. 😌

    • @mh8048
      @mh8048 Před 12 dny +3

      What a genius idea:D

    • @MargaretCho-pt3ng
      @MargaretCho-pt3ng Před 10 dny

      Just like France followed the USA into Iraq and Afghanistan...
      French people are followers, not leaders.

    • @mark-dv9gb
      @mark-dv9gb Před 9 dny

      Lmao

    • @nomadedoasfalto
      @nomadedoasfalto Před 6 dny +1

      Como ninguem pensou nisso antes???😂😂😂.....

  • @darrenfenton9280
    @darrenfenton9280 Před 12 dny +13

    Decriminalisation and clean up.product , less harm , less health issues . Tax .and treatments.

  • @cepelinai123
    @cepelinai123 Před 12 dny +14

    But we like drugs 🤷‍♂️

  • @bluepearlagain
    @bluepearlagain Před 13 dny +27

    I saw bankers do coke openly in the streets in Geneva 😂😂

    • @pragueexpat5106
      @pragueexpat5106 Před 13 dny

      Switzerland is not part of EU though..

    • @shark4sk
      @shark4sk Před 12 dny

      Really 😲😲😲?

    • @eddosimonetti2314
      @eddosimonetti2314 Před 12 dny

      @@shark4sk grab a book will you.

    • @shark4sk
      @shark4sk Před 12 dny

      @@eddosimonetti2314 I think you need to learn... Switzerland is part of Europe but not part of Euro Zone... Anyway I was asking/Suprised regarding the coke thing..As I was there for 2 Days in Zurich I find it really clean...safe and did not see any drug users on street.....

    • @Shamansdurx
      @Shamansdurx Před 11 dny

      @@eddosimonetti2314 EFTA country

  • @cryptonighit
    @cryptonighit Před 13 dny +16

    “ just say NO to drugs “ Ronald Reagan 😂🤣 Yes starting tomorrow

    • @coz2j69
      @coz2j69 Před 12 dny

      Exactly
      No buyers = no sellers

  • @icu17siberia
    @icu17siberia Před 13 dny +16

    It's a form of hybrid warfare

  • @alysonturcin-weller7443
    @alysonturcin-weller7443 Před 12 dny +6

    Why?… because governments get rich from it.

  • @terpkilla6674
    @terpkilla6674 Před 11 dny +4

    Congratulations to drugs for winning the war😂

  • @elgringoconsabor
    @elgringoconsabor Před 13 dny +14

    Legalize, destigmatize, regulate, educate. To think we have the omnipotence to undo every “evil” is a dangerous illusion that costs society dearly.

  • @pedrothewise2584
    @pedrothewise2584 Před 11 dny +5

    even here in the middle of nowhere in malaga mountains its rife.loads of locals are bang at it.

  • @AAT305
    @AAT305 Před 13 dny +15

    Make it legal just like alcohol. Total nonsense to ban the stuff it is the reason for it to be of a huge advantage for criminals. Anty drugs policy are a total failure.

    • @huskydogable
      @huskydogable Před 13 dny

      What are anty drugs or can't you spell?

    • @OLDSCHOOLPETE112
      @OLDSCHOOLPETE112 Před 12 dny

      NOT TRUE, no western goverments ever just started wipping out cartels'..never was a war on drug's that ive seen

    • @polycarp9897
      @polycarp9897 Před 11 dny +2

      @@huskydogable When someone is too dumb to counter an argument, they begin nitpicking spellings and grammar.

    • @MargaretCho-pt3ng
      @MargaretCho-pt3ng Před 10 dny

      Or even better, make alcohol illegal again.

  • @harryjones5260
    @harryjones5260 Před 12 dny +4

    back in 1992 we went to a nightclub in Paris. Couldnt even get a single rizla all night, so things must have really gone downhill.

  • @History_Coffee
    @History_Coffee Před 13 dny +6

    If only there was some kind of barrier one would have to pass through before entering another country, might make it more difficult for illegal substances to enter?

    • @rodmarker2071
      @rodmarker2071 Před 11 dny

      There are all around UK and guess what? they don't work
      There are between S America and Europe - guess what ?

  • @AlanBurr-nu5tm
    @AlanBurr-nu5tm Před 12 dny +9

    I think cocaine is something that you need to have some self control with or realize when you are using a tad to much a bit to frequently. You dont get do it every week and shouldn't.

    • @Tribuneoftheplebs
      @Tribuneoftheplebs Před 11 dny +1

      Bad for your heart. Not worth it

    • @BatCountryAdventures
      @BatCountryAdventures Před 11 dny +2

      According to my friend, cocaine is always "pretty lacklustre" if compared to cannabis, MDMA, 2CB and LSD. Like they are really expensive but somewhat lacking when it comes to how much fun one can have.

    • @MargaretCho-pt3ng
      @MargaretCho-pt3ng Před 10 dny +1

      Same with EVERYTHING.

    • @citylights8678
      @citylights8678 Před 8 dny

      JUST SAY NO KIDS
      DRUGS ARE BAD MKAY 😄

  • @julianlawrence-ball2279
    @julianlawrence-ball2279 Před 13 dny +8

    All the time you make a trade illegal then smugglers will make money

    • @rodmarker2071
      @rodmarker2071 Před 11 dny

      Why don't they just legalise them and control them ? look at prohibition in the USA.

  • @johnjohn-zr2vg
    @johnjohn-zr2vg Před 12 dny +2

    A huge inquiry from the senate. They just forgot to hear any consumer

  • @ernestberry5226
    @ernestberry5226 Před 5 dny +3

    Give people meaning and purpose in their lives and most people wouldn’t need them

  • @MinusMedley
    @MinusMedley Před 6 dny +1

    Never the users, it's always the tax free businesses.

  • @willymaykit1482
    @willymaykit1482 Před 8 dny +2

    Its a futile effort and they know it.

  • @back2nature608
    @back2nature608 Před 10 dny +3

    We want flakka!

  • @davechristian7543
    @davechristian7543 Před 12 dny +3

    0:23 And wat could be next? legal highs or ice 'well thats wat i understand pmsl.

  • @geminienigma4421
    @geminienigma4421 Před 11 dny +2

    Yes you let them in 😅😅😅 time to close the borders

  • @theotheleo6830
    @theotheleo6830 Před 11 dny +2

    Oh well.

  • @glenbolderson9279
    @glenbolderson9279 Před 13 dny +8

    The EU has made life miserable might as well get wasted.

  • @Barryobamasadick
    @Barryobamasadick Před 8 dny +2

    Gee wonder if that can happen without gov being the biggest offender 😂

  • @mobaysparta7476
    @mobaysparta7476 Před 11 dny +3

    Trapping ain’t dead

  • @terranowa2080
    @terranowa2080 Před 12 dny +1

    Unconditional right to stop our own life whenever we want medically. My body my choice. Freedom

  • @matthewdolan5831
    @matthewdolan5831 Před 11 dny +2

    Best stick to the vin rouge and mescaline eh.

    • @war-painter
      @war-painter Před 2 dny

      And a fine strain of “special chocolat”

  • @andrewweaver2517
    @andrewweaver2517 Před 8 dny

    Congratulations to Drugs for winning the War on Drugs.

  • @rasara
    @rasara Před 7 dny +1

    Soooo old issue. We are flooded not with cox but with views of so called experts.

  • @Happy-uy5wc
    @Happy-uy5wc Před 13 dny +1

    Why would anyone want them?

  • @quanfa88
    @quanfa88 Před 8 dny

    Here’s a brilliant solution: stop using illicit drugs! So simple, anyone can do it! There are no law enforcement weaknesses, only personal weaknesses. Just stop, people.

  • @Boston82bl
    @Boston82bl Před 13 dny +5

    Heroin is declining that's not good.

    • @Boston82bl
      @Boston82bl Před 13 dny

      I guess Taliban ban is working.

  • @vladara7226
    @vladara7226 Před dnem

    What about Portugal?

  • @vincentrockel1149
    @vincentrockel1149 Před 10 dny +6

    If the taliban could eliminate opium production in a country like Afghanistan, then the Western governments could do the same if they wanted to. They would rather spend the money playing at stemming the flow because that is much more profitable.

    • @wokenup5273
      @wokenup5273 Před 4 dny

      It's the destruction of the opium by the taliban which has led to this major crisis with synthetic opiates.

  • @CoolGrapes888
    @CoolGrapes888 Před 10 dny +2

    Disco!

  • @pulakification
    @pulakification Před 13 dny +6

    Drugs mmmm

  • @sitindogmas
    @sitindogmas Před 2 dny

    you know Mr Blanc is on that good good

  • @watcher5729
    @watcher5729 Před 4 dny

    Burnouts related to overstim +psychosocial stress .skeletal muscle arrophies of burnouts

  • @California265
    @California265 Před 13 dny +1

    Well I wonder where that’s coming from

    • @sage6211
      @sage6211 Před 13 dny +1

      they literally talk about it in the video lol you admitted you didn’t watch it

    • @ThePWNDR
      @ThePWNDR Před 13 dny

      China. Who else. But orcs will keep commenting here claiming ruzzia and China are their daddies.

  • @leonidaspetsakos9690
    @leonidaspetsakos9690 Před 13 dny +4

    Don't do drugs.

  • @lukepollard2202
    @lukepollard2202 Před 13 dny +3

    CIA

    • @ThePWNDR
      @ThePWNDR Před 13 dny

      Lol you must be on drugs. China is the mass producer of these designer chemicals.

  • @vincentorlando6767
    @vincentorlando6767 Před 12 dny

    We have the same problems in USA

  • @andrewshanley2704
    @andrewshanley2704 Před 5 dny

    This is what happens when you DEFUND the police

  • @owainjohns2815
    @owainjohns2815 Před 12 dny

    asymetric warefare...

  • @Neppy1414
    @Neppy1414 Před 10 dny +2

    illegal immigrants

  • @sibusisotshabalala3662

    Opium wars🤔Cia contra🤔mhhh🤭your leaders are involved 😉

  • @sciencetech7793
    @sciencetech7793 Před 12 dny

    Why not in India, why only in NATO country 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @djohanson99
    @djohanson99 Před 11 dny +1

    Drug laws cause harm. Sounds like they want to arrest their way out of the problem. Just like USA:crack and heroin/opiates. Got a habit myself. I love drugs. Crack too. Can't quit.

  • @doubleaadoubleaa5538
    @doubleaadoubleaa5538 Před 13 dny +1

    No more living in simpler times. Get with it. Things are getting real.

  • @lenaely6146
    @lenaely6146 Před 8 dny

    Ay baybay 🎉😂

  • @johnlawson6397
    @johnlawson6397 Před 8 dny

    Migrant gangs?

  • @geoffoakland
    @geoffoakland Před 12 dny +3

    Re-instate border crossing checks between EU countries. Scan all shipping containers coming into the port of Marseille et Rotterdam for starters.

  • @Barryobamasadick
    @Barryobamasadick Před 8 dny

    People need to know this is happening around the world under progressive liberals administrations 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Macky1101
    @Macky1101 Před 12 dny +3

    Maybe it's time to ask China for help on how to fight against drugs and crime.

    • @MargaretCho-pt3ng
      @MargaretCho-pt3ng Před 10 dny

      The solution is to ban all human rights.
      - China

    • @bigmedge
      @bigmedge Před 10 dny

      China has killed over 50 million of their own citizens in the past 50 years, so we already know what their solution is, & it won’t work in a civilized country

    • @war-painter
      @war-painter Před 2 dny

      China is MAKING the precursor to Fentanyl. They learned a lot from the Opium Wars. Its obvious China intends to hook the West on the strongest, most addicting opiate drug possible, and the newest synthetic Fentanyl is 20 times stronger than the kind they use in hospitals (which is already 50 times stronger than heroin). China intends this to happen.

  • @stephenaisaican
    @stephenaisaican Před 12 dny +1

    The world needs drugs

  • @ernestberry5226
    @ernestberry5226 Před 5 dny +1

    Zelenskyy probably uses at least half that amount 😂

  • @rodmarker2071
    @rodmarker2071 Před 11 dny

    Why don't they just legalise them and control them ? look at prohibition in the USA.

  • @pragueexpat5106
    @pragueexpat5106 Před 13 dny +2

    EU needs a harsh drug law like Singapore's

  • @TheMightyKingzuru
    @TheMightyKingzuru Před 11 dny +1

    Zelenskyy's favorite

  • @Goldnowyoutube
    @Goldnowyoutube Před 11 dny +2

    You guys heard of a French connection haven't you
    They created it
    The rumors are the president himself of that country is involved😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

  • @timdow8951
    @timdow8951 Před 12 dny

    Coke good, meth bad

    • @war-painter
      @war-painter Před 2 dny

      Fentanyl goes in both, makes no difference- addicted either way to the opiates in the Fentanyl. Dope dealers want you to “keep coming back”.