Cocaine : the new users | France 2 | Envoyé Spécial

Today a gram of cocaine costs 50 euros. That’s just one third of what it cost ten years ago. The drop in price of the drug is contributing to making it more accessible. ?Coke? is becoming democratic. In 5 years the number of users has doubled. The ?rich man’s drug? has become the choice of Mister and Missus Normal. Form Nancy, in Lorraine, to Morlaix, in Finisterre, new cocaine junkies tell their story. They’re salesmen, civil servants, teachers, cooks, housewives. Cocaine is now so common we forget how dangerous it is. Yet the risks of addiction are very real, with severe psychiatric and cardiac consequences. A young man of 26 tells how he ?descended into hell? because of cocaine. In France, more than 300,000 people are seeking treatment for health problems caused by the ?champagne of drugs?. An investigation into the heart of a taboo.