An essential conscience. After the accident of Pierre Palmade, positive for cocaine, Olivier Véran estimated this Tuesday that there was no “social” or “political” tolerance for drugs such as cocaine.
“I do not believe that there is a social, societal and less political tolerance against this or that drug under the pretext that this or that public consumes it more favorably,” said the government spokesman on France 2, questioned. about the accident last Friday involving Pierre Palmade. A dramatic accident, during which a pregnant woman lost her child.
“Drugs, cocaine, opiates, are extremely dangerous drugs, with extremely powerful addictive power, and they lead to human tragedies that we must avoid by all means,” he added.
500,000 checks per year so far
Olivier Véran thus reiterated the objective of doubling the checks for driving under the influence of drugs: “We carry out nearly 500,000 checks a year for driving under the influence of drugs and we intend to double them,” he added, he explained.
“These are objectives that do not date from yesterday. We are increasing the number of controls, because almost one in five deaths linked to a traffic accident is linked to taking drugs. There are 700 deaths a year, two a day”, lamented the minister
At 54 years old, Pierre Palmade was seriously injured on Friday, February 10, in a car accident, which also left three seriously injured, including a child and a pregnant woman who lost her baby.
Source: BFM TV
