Drugs fuel crime?
This old adage is confronted with the reality of the figures through an in-depth study by the Ministerial Statistical Service for Internal Security (SSMSI), attached to Gérald Darmanin.
Its analysts carried out cross-checks in the police and gendarmerie registers between 2016 and 2021. To identify solid trends.
Verdict: within the same procedure, 12% of those arrested for offenses relating to the legislation on narcotics are also implicated for other crimes and misdemeanors.
Drug users are 11% in this situation and traffickers 18%, almost one in five, concerning them.
But the levels can vary significantly depending on the types of associated offences.
Among drug users, for example, there are fewer accused of violence than among offenders apprehended unrelated to narcotics (14% against 24%).
The user is also less threatening (5% against 7%) and twice…
This article is for subscribers only.
You have 78% left to discover.
Cultivating your freedom is cultivating your curiosity.
Subscription without obligation
€0.99 THE FIRST MONTH
Already subscribed?
Login