UNODC. Report on illicit drug cultivation, trafficking and consumption during COVID-19 A report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has outlined global changes in drug cultivation, transport and consumption patterns. Many subs…

Webinar: ‘Outreach work during the Covid-19 crisis – exchange of experiences and potential ways forward’ Date: 3rd of June | 15.00h Aim: The aim of the webinar is to discuss the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on outreach work and how this affe…

EMCDDA webinar: Prevention of drug-related problems in the time of COVID-19: what can we learn? 4th June, 13.00 -14.00. The EMCDDA is offering a new series of webinars around the theme of COVID-19. The purpose of the webinars is to help those worki…

USA. Changes In Opioid Supply Create New Risks As Stay-At-Home Rules Ease  There is no national data yet on the pandemic's impact on drug supply and overdose rates in the United States, but experts in addiction and law enforcement say availabi…

UK. PPE and contactless delivery: drug dealers reveal how they are adapting to coronavirus While the COVID-19 lockdown might have brought most parts of the economy to a halt, it seems to have had little affect on drug dealers. They have even f…

What Lockdown? World’s Cocaine Traffickers Sniff at Movement Restrictions (…) OCCRP reporters have found that the world’s cocaine industry — which produces close to 2,000 metric tons a year and makes tens of billions of dollars — has adapted better…