That's why you should not buy cocaine on the street

No, this is not only
Bankers who seek better
Benefits of cocaine
shoot in your nose. construction worker
coke too
like housewives and
Doctors. The wide variety of cocaine users
in Switzerland is one of the
Key knowledge of a new study
of Addiction Switzerland, in cooperation
with the Institute of Criminology
the University of Lausanne and the Institute of
Social and preventive medicine of the United Pital
Lausanne has been developed.

Crowd representing one person
consumed, differs greatly:
The vast majority on the occasion
about the weekend. On average
Consumption is about 10
Grams of cocaine a year – which according to experts
safe for health
East. 20 percent of consumers
Coca-cola but significantly more. The authors of the study
differ in the regular
Cokes between people
with the drug's past, for example
old heroin addicts and people,
who are socially well integrated, work
and have family – and by the way
more than 4 grams of cocaine a week
sniff. This translates into the year 230

Stagnant consumption

Researchers studied
the Canton of Vaud market, the results
but were largely
apply to Switzerland, as
Frank Zobel, Deputy Director of Addiction
Switzerland, says. So if the Vaudois countries
about 1.3 kilograms of cocaine a day
take this way for the
Whole Switzerland around 13.7 kilos to
100,000 to 150,000 consumers.
The results coincide with the surveys
wastewater, recently
were conducted in five cities –
From this, conclusions can be drawn
cocaine use.

The Waldensian study is in his
Single form because they are on the
Quantity of consumption beyond knowledge
supplies. So, it does not just cover the
Turnover, profit and probable
Hourly wages of drug traffickers
on (34 to 78 francs per hour). they
also describes how the goods are in the
Switzerland comes, how and in which
Train him in contraband and how
the appearance of Nigerians and others
Africans in the East is a new dynamic
in the market triggered: The drug was

One gram of cocaine costs about 100 grams
Franks, in the nineties the consumers paid for it 300 to 500
Franks. That's why consumption
has grown, so can not prove,
Zobel says: "What's up, it's that cocaine
for the whole of society
accessible. "Not only
Consumers are different,
also access and suppliers –
it's where and by whom the drug
is sold. This can be done in the Darknet
be on the phone, by text message and courier by bike,
at private meetings or under
Friends. The most common is the purchase
in the street. Belong to the dealers
Swiss and South Americans,
East Africans or Albanians.

Another conclusion emerges
from the samples of cocaine balls,
that the police seized.
"Who buys cocaine in the street,
do not usually know what makes it
inside is, "says Zobel.
the substance of a lottery: the
On average, one gram bullets have a
Purity less than 40 percent. new
out of ten samples contain the harmful
deworming
Levamisole. And the stimulant
Phenacetin analgesic will be around
just as often added to cocaine
like baby milk powder.

However, Zobel observes that
Purity increases. In Zurich, the show
Drug checks are a significantly better quality with almost 90 percent of cocaine in the
Average. That's what the highest will do too
Concentration of cocaine in wastewater

Authorize Adults
like in New Zealand?

Cocaine is by far the most sold
Narcotics Market
Swiss. Zobel says: "The cocaine market
is bigger than any other pill and
The powder markets together. »To the last
include heroin, amphetamines,
Thai pills or ecstasy.

The study is therefore also
Basis of a factual discussion
on drug policy.
"We must move away from it
very emotional and ideological
Debates, "asks Zobel. He's convinced:
"If we understand the situation objectively
take a pragmatic approach,
solutions appear. "For example
Intermediate steps after the template
New Zealand. There is the government
recognized that some parties a people
Need stimulant drugs
have. New Zealand is preparing
Substances whose effectiveness has been proven weak
Harmful for adults

Thilo Beck, Chief Psychiatrist of the
Working Group for Low Risk
Dealing with drugs says that he can
the report only repeated
Man notices that bans
do not do anything. Beck talks about it
liberalization the word. That this
an avalanche of new consumers
he thinks he's far from reality.
"Who wants to buy cocaine, can
who already do it without any problem.

The supply of cocaine is comparable
with the order of a pizza.
He is not concerned with the lowering,
but about the reality in the
To see the eye: "When coking is involved
there seems to be a need for a
large part of the population.
Substance consumption arrives. "The question
Therefore, as consumers adequately
can be accompanied to keep them healthy
and stay safe. Prohibitions
there is little.