why did greece stop using the drachma 
greece stopped using the drachma as part of the european union s switch to utilizing one international unit of exchange greece had been part of the eu since the 1980s and as all the countries moved to adopt one currency with the goal of benefiting from more efficient trade and financial markets greece moved with the process as well 4will greece switch back to the drachma as of now despite the presence of grexit supporters greece will not switch back to the drachma the bottom linethe greek drachma was the official currency of greece for most of its history from antiquity to being reintroduced in the 1800s until it was replaced by the euro in 2002 the switch to the euro has come with many advantages and disadvantages for greece and the debate of switching back to the drachma has been popular in the last few years despite the benefits of a lower value currency greece does benefit in many ways by using the euro 