‘And I thought coke was for stressed-out executives!’: Cocaine’s ravages among manual workers.
13 July 2026
Cocaine at work’ (3/3). Long associated with elite, urban circles, cocaine has now made its way deep into rural France and its mid-sized towns.
On construction sites, farms and in warehouses, workers, some barely out of their teens, are turning to the drug to get through the physical toll of their jobs.
On construction sites, farms and in warehouses, workers, some barely out of their teens, are turning to the drug to get through the physical toll of their jobs.