Sciensano collects data and analyses the consumption of drugs, the drug market, the consequences for health, requests for treatment and the policies implemented with regard to drugs in Belgium.

NB! Drugs effects vary according to the psychological state and the health of the person concerned, the context in which the drug is taken as well as the quality of the drug and the quantity consumed.
Cocaine is extracted from the leaves of the coca bush, a South American shrub. It generally comes in the form of white powder which is sniffed, inhaled or injected.
Cocaine is a psychoactive substance which is: