Evidently; Corona Virus Does Not Stop the Increasing of Drug Use

News24xx.com - The consequences of lockdown for drug users become a story that is not widely known by many people.
International bodies such as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), and other agencies have been gathering data for months.

Early EMCDDA findings indicate that the closure of economic activity at night affects the use of cocaine and MDMA or commonly known as ecstasy, and the decline in the use of these drugs has been confirmed by wastewater studies in a number of cities in Europe.

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But researchers need more data and to compare usage before and after locking.

Based on the data, users and heroin addicts in the US are also at higher risk due to social distancing and independent isolation rules. This makes it difficult for them to get support and access to recovery programs.

Peter Grinspoon, a medical practitioner who writes for the Harvard Health Blog, said that users who normally consume drugs with a friend now they do it alone. "

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So, often no one calls an ambulance if they overdose.

The lockdown period when the COVID-19 virus pandemic had an impact on the income of many people, both in big cities in Europe and the US, as well as in Afghanistan, where opium was cultivated.