Patricia Crifo

Jan 8, 2025 | polytechnique-insights.com | Lucille Caliman |Philippe Silberzahn |Patricia Crifo |Guillaume Bronsard

As the leading cause of a deregulation in the brain’s reward circuit, addictions are still widespread among the French population. This is largely due to the widespread use of legal psychoactive substances: tobacco and alcohol, which are the two leading causes of premature death in France. In 2020, nearly 25.5% of adults smoked every day (12 million people) and 10% drank at least one glass of alcohol a day (5 million people).