The Impact of COVID|19 on Drug Use—and How It Contributes to ...

The Impact of COVID-19 on Drug Use—and How It Contributes to ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of people who use drugs in ways that hurt their mental health and changed drug use behaviors, ...

COVID-19 and Substance Use - National Institute on Drug Abuse

The drug overdose and addiction crisis collided with the COVID-19 pandemic, with the potential to worsen the negative impacts of each for ...

Substance use during COVID-19 pandemic: impact on the ...

Substance use disorder, also known as drug addiction, occurs when a physiological or psychological dependence on a drug develops that leads to an inability to ...

Impact of COVID-19 among people who use drugs

Our study highlighted critical systemic failures that contributed to the rise in overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing these ...

The Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use

Additionally, drug overdose deaths have sharply increased – largely due to fentanyl – and after a brief period of decline, suicide deaths are ...

Substance use during the pandemic

How psychologists and other clinicians help a greater number of patients struggling with drug use during COVID-19 pandemic.

How has the COVID-19 Pandemic affected Recreational Drug Use?

Recreational drug use denotes the occasional intake of licit or illicit drugs during periods of leisure time and for the purposes of enjoyment.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on substance use among adults ...

Nagelhout et al.'s (2017) review found job loss during a population crisis was associated with increased psychological distress and drug use, even among persons ...

Identifying the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on service access ...

Closures and reductions in capacity of select health and social services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic may have placed people who use drugs (PWUD) at ...

COVID-19 for people who use drugs - EUDA - European Union

Methamphetamine constricts the blood vessels, which can contribute to pulmonary damage, and there is evidence that opioid misuse can interfere ...

The Impact of Substance Use Disorder on COVID-19 Outcomes

The attenuation of ORs in the model that matched for chronic respiratory and cardiovascular diseases associated with substance abuse suggests ...

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol or drug use symptoms ...

These findings contribute original evidence regarding the full effects of the pandemic on youth substance use and its risk/protective ...

COVID-19 risk and outcomes in patients with substance use disorders

Currently there is little research on the effects of other drugs including opioids, cannabis, cocaine and alcohol on the susceptibility to ...

Pandemic Addiction: Causes and Coping Strategies - Atrium Health

An addiction psychiatrist warns about the physical effects of substance use and shares recovery strategies. COVID-19 took a serious toll on ...

Substance Use Has Risen During COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic led to an increased number of people misusing drugs and dying from drug overdoses. There were more than 99,000 drug ...

Alcohol and Other Substance Use Before and During the COVID

From 2019 to 2021, the prevalence of current alcohol use, marijuana use, and binge drinking and lifetime use of alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine ...

COVID-19: The Hidden Impact on Mental Health and Drug Addiction

Previous disasters such as the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003 (4–6) contributed to increased anxiety, mood, and thought disorders, adjustment ...

COVID pandemic fuelling major increase in drug use worldwide

Around 275 million people used drugs worldwide in the last year of unprecedented upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, up by 22 per cent from 2010.

COVID-19 AND DRUGS: IMPACT OUTLOOK - UNODC

demic and may have contributed to a decrease in the use of the drug in some countries.292, 293 This resulted in an increase in demand for opioid maintenance ...

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People Who Use Substances

Both accidental overdose from substance poisoning and deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic can be reduced by increasing access to a safer drug supply. Page 2 ...