Cocaine consumption on record high: Kufstein leads Austria's drug statistics!

Cocaine consumption on record high: Kufstein leads Austria's drug statistics!

A current investigation by the drug agency of the European Union (Euda) has continued to promote alarming results on drug use in Austria. In a Europe -wide study that analyzed 17 sewage treatment plants from 135 cities and regions, including the federal capital of Vienna, the data shows that the consumption of cocaine is increasing. According to the results, one person in the examined regions consumes more than one glass of wine every day, smokes three to four cigarettes and consumes 0.07 joints and omkring 1.5 milligrams of drugs, such as Kleine Zeitung reported.

The west-east gradient is particularly striking with drug use: more stimulants and synthetic drugs are consumed in the western federal states than in the eastern regions. The city of Kufstein in Tyrol leads the list of the highest cocaine consumer genes, where, according to the subsequent analyzes, an increasing popularity of the white powder was also found. In 2024, the measured cocaine deficit was 1.4 grams per 1,000 inhabitants-a significant increase compared to previous years. Furthermore, the analysis showed that the consumption of MDMA is higher in urban areas, while the highest per capita consumption of amphetamine in Ried in the Innkreis is recorded, as the explained.