The observation is clear: the cocaine, cannabis and even heroin seized in France are increasingly pure. In 2022, for example, cocaine was 76% pure on average, compared to 45% in 2010. And we know this thanks to the scientific police, who analyze the drugs seized to obtain information. The world visited a laboratory specializing in narcotics to understand how chemists work and what they can deduce from it.
In this video, we return to the different stages of the meticulous work carried out on the batches of products sent by the police officers in the field: from identification to dosage, including comparison analysis, these operations aim in particular to identify the sectors and trace them to their Source, or alert them in the event of a particular health risk.
To find out more about the new uses of drug trafficking in France, you will find below an investigation into the growing development of home drug deliveries.
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