Following the accident caused by Pierre Palmade under the influence of cocaine, the government spokesman Olivier Véran recalled the objective of doubling the control of driving under the influence of drugs.
An essential awareness. Following the accident involving Pierre Palmade, positive for cocaine, Olivier Véran estimated on Tuesday that there was no “social” or “political” tolerance for drugs like cocaine.
“I do not believe that there is a social, societal and even less political tolerance vis-à-vis this or that drug on the pretext that this or that public consumes it more favorably,” said the government spokesman. on France 2, questioned on the accident last Friday of Pierre Palmade. A dramatic accident, during which a pregnant woman lost her child.
“Drugs, cocaine, opiates, are extremely dangerous drugs with an extremely powerful addictive power and which lead to human tragedies which we must avoid by all means”, he added.
500,000 checks per year so far
Olivier Véran thus reiterated the objective of doubling the controls of driving under the influence of drugs: “We carry out nearly 500,000 controls per year of driving under the influence of narcotics and we intend to double them”, added he explained.
“These are objectives that do not date from yesterday. We are increasing the number of checks, because nearly one in five deaths linked to a road accident is linked to the taking of narcotics. That is 700 deaths per year, two a day”, lamented the minister
At 54, 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.
