The white poison – cocaine on the rise in Germany

In Germany, the number of cocaine addicts diagnosed is steadily increasing. Due to a worldwide increase in trade, the BKA warns against a "cocaine-swemme" disease. However, therapy sites are scarce anyway. Cocaine consumption has increased enormously. This increased by 33 percent between 2018 and 2021 alone. In 2023, 65,000 people were treated nationwide due to cocaine dependence. In Saxony-Anhalt alone, 1050 people were treated in 2019, and in …