title: [Recent epidemiologic data on illicit drugs in France: prevalence and health impact of consumption, availability, and product quality].
abstract: The main data allowing to draw up a global overview on the phenomenon of illicit drugs come from three main categories of sources: general population survey, institutional statistics and ad hoc monitoring systems. This article briefly describes those sources and identifies the main trends which can come out from these data as regards consumption of illicit drugs, health consequences of this consumption, availability and quality of consumed products.
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Costes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011786:Quality Control; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs