If the police check you with a few cannabis bars in your pocket, you could get a fine of 200 euros… or legal proceedings.
It all depends on the department where you are.
Because the fixed tort fine, which targets drug users below 50 grams of cannabis and 5 grams of cocaine, is not applied everywhere under the same conditions.
It is the prosecutors who set the thresholds.
And in Ile-de-France, they vary from single to double: no more than 20 grams in Meaux, and up to 50 grams for example in Seine-Saint-Denis or Essonne
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Thresholds set according to "traffic intensity"
"The quantities are fixed in relation to the intensity of traffic in the department, and by opting for the ceiling of 50 grams of cannabis, we can penalize more users," said the Evry prosecutor's office, who gave his instructions on Monday.
In Essonne, users of cocaine, ecstasy or MDMA can also be fined as long as they do not have more than 5 grams.
This is also the case for the possession of less than one gram of cocaine in the Hauts-de-Seine, "only near places of shows, concerts, festive gatherings".
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In Pontoise (Val-d'Oise), the fine will be implemented shortly.
In the meantime, it is always the reminder of the law that prevails in the event of detention below 20 grams, for first-time offenders.
Crack and heroin excluded from the system in Paris
Note that in Paris - where, according to our information, around forty consumers have been fined - heroin and crack users are not concerned, "given the objectives of the crack plan and the responses of the prosecution. , which notably provide for therapeutic injunctions and training courses to raise awareness of the dangers of narcotics ”.
The fine is not intended as a response to addiction.
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"We are targeting a public rather not very well known for drug use," summarizes the prosecutor's office in Créteil (Val-de-Marne), a test city with Lille, Rennes, Reims and Marseille since June 16.
For a month, the police were provided with new tablets to issue tickets on the spot, in Créteil and Choisy-le-Roi, then throughout the department.
People known to police for drug use face tougher penalties
As of September 10, 128 electronic PVs have been sent to consumers (with less than 30 grams of cannabis on them).
You must be of legal age, admit the facts, prove your identity and have less than five references to the TAJ (the police criminal record) for drug use.
“Beyond that, it raises the question of addiction and it invites us to move on to other measures,” we continue in Créteil.
In this case, head to the police station for a hearing and follow-up to be assessed by the prosecutor.
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At the national level of the experiment, at the end of August, 77 of the 426 fines had been paid.
What about other fines?
In Créteil, in any case, the prosecution has not received any complaints.
A measure welcomed by the police
"It takes five minutes and we can stay in the field, before we had to do a procedure at the police station, it took 45 minutes for a reminder of the law, in other words a slap on the fingers, reacts a police officer in the field in Seine-Saint- Denis.
It will not dry up the traffic but, for residents, it will avoid the lines of buyers below their homes, with guys in the lobby day and night.
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200 euros instead of a reminder to the law, it is necessarily less painless on the bank account.
In the event of a repeat offense, the bill can be even higher, for example in the context of a criminal order in court.
The quantities and substances targeted by the fine according to the departments:
Paris (75):
up to 30 g of cannabis, 3 g of cocaine, 3 tablets of ecstasy or 3 g of MDMA
Hauts-de-Seine (92):
up to 20 g of cannabis, 1 g of cocaine, only around places of shows, concerts, festive gatherings
Seine-Saint-Denis (93):
less than 50 g of cannabis
Essonne (91):
less than 50 g of cannabis, 5 g of cocaine and 5 g of MDMA and ecstasy
Val-de-Marne (94):
up to 30 g of cannabis.
Seine-et-Marne (77):
less than 20 g of cannabis
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