According to a study by the French Observatory of Drugs and Addictive Tendencies, the idea that legal drugs, tobacco and alcohol, bring benefits to the state is ” unfounded their cost to public finances is greater than tax revenue. Tax revenue is lower than the cost of treatment for illnesses caused by these two drugs, 7.8 and 16.5 billion euros, specifies the OFDT. The explanations of the author of the note, Pierre Kopp, professor of economics at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne.
