Addictions : à qui profite la défonce ?
Addictions : à qui profite la défonce ?, Les Procès du siècle #6 – À notre humanité ! © Benoit Guillaume

Addictions: Who Benefits from Getting High?

Trials of the Century - To Our Humanity!

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Finally, let's take care of our societies, which are being eroded by addiction.

A session moderated by Nora Hamadi.

Alcohol, tobacco, drugs, medications, social media, gambling… Have we all become addicted? Mental illness is on the rise, vulnerabilities are increasing, and the pursuit of performance and immediate gratification has become a never-ending quest… Are our societies today designed to foster addiction?

What are the mechanisms—both individual and, above all, societal—for defusing the traps of addiction? There is an urgent need to develop alternatives so that our quest for well-being no longer turns into an organized high.

  • Nora Hamadi, journalist

    Nora Hamadi is a journalist. Since July 2026 on France Inter, she has been taking us on a journey through “Dans la place”—those everyday places that are home to our practices and habits and tell the story of how they’ve evolved. Dog parks, nail salons, barbershops, gyms, shopping malls… delving into their essence is like looking in a mirror at who we are, both as individuals and as a community.

    In 2025–2026, she presented the news roundup on France Inter’s morning show. Prior to that, Nora Hamadi was a producer at France Culture and, since September 2024, had been hosting the program *Douce France*, which sought to explore and engage with France in all its complexity, diversity, and nuances, while staying closely connected to its citizens. Before that, she had been hosting *Sous les radars* since 2021, bringing to light topics overlooked in political debate yet central to citizens’ concerns.

    In addition, she is the editor-in-chief of *Fumigène, littérature de rue*, a magazine dedicated to current events as seen from the perspective of working-class neighborhoods, and she leads numerous community-based media and information literacy workshops in schools, social centers, and community centers. She chairs the Collectif ŒIL and ZEP (Zone d’expression prioritaire), two organizations committed to bringing the voices and stories of the “invisible” into the public sphere.

    Long a familiar face on Arte and Public Sénat, she has also directed in-depth reports and documentaries.

    In September 2025, she published *La Maison des Rêves*, a history of the French suburbs, with Flammarion.

Finally, let's take care of our societies, which are being eroded by addiction.

A session moderated by Nora Hamadi.

Alcohol, tobacco, drugs, medications, social media, gambling… Have we all become addicted? Mental illness is on the rise, vulnerabilities are increasing, and the pursuit of performance and immediate gratification has become a never-ending quest… Are our societies today designed to foster addiction?

What are the mechanisms—both individual and, above all, societal—for defusing the traps of addiction? There is an urgent need to develop alternatives so that our quest for well-being no longer turns into an organized high.

  • Nora Hamadi, journalist

    Nora Hamadi is a journalist. Since July 2026 on France Inter, she has been taking us on a journey through “Dans la place”—those everyday places that are home to our practices and habits and tell the story of how they’ve evolved. Dog parks, nail salons, barbershops, gyms, shopping malls… delving into their essence is like looking in a mirror at who we are, both as individuals and as a community.

    In 2025–2026, she presented the news roundup on France Inter’s morning show. Prior to that, Nora Hamadi was a producer at France Culture and, since September 2024, had been hosting the program *Douce France*, which sought to explore and engage with France in all its complexity, diversity, and nuances, while staying closely connected to its citizens. Before that, she had been hosting *Sous les radars* since 2021, bringing to light topics overlooked in political debate yet central to citizens’ concerns.

    In addition, she is the editor-in-chief of *Fumigène, littérature de rue*, a magazine dedicated to current events as seen from the perspective of working-class neighborhoods, and she leads numerous community-based media and information literacy workshops in schools, social centers, and community centers. She chairs the Collectif ŒIL and ZEP (Zone d’expression prioritaire), two organizations committed to bringing the voices and stories of the “invisible” into the public sphere.

    Long a familiar face on Arte and Public Sénat, she has also directed in-depth reports and documentaries.

    In September 2025, she published *La Maison des Rêves*, a history of the French suburbs, with Flammarion.

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