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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on drug demand and supply in Estonia

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Abel-Ollo K., Kivila M., Kurbatova A., Ovsjannikova S.
Journal of Geography, Politics and Society
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2022
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vol. 12
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issue 1
8-16
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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world and imposed restrictions and rules that democratic countries could not have foreseen. The global health and social care system was put under enormous pressure, and preventing it from a total collapse became the primary objective. This paper looks at how the pandemic affected the illicit drug market, people who use drugs and services designed to support and help them. Based on the available studies and administrative statistics from 2019 and 2020, illicit drug use and need for services remained the same despite the pandemic. Services quickly adopted new operating rules and became available for the target group. There is ample evidence that in some cases illicit drug use (e.g. cannabis) even gained in popularity as a coping method for anxiety and stress. The drug supply fell only temporarily due to the COVID-19, to which it quickly adapted through new IT and crypto possibilities (dark web).
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