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 bett...

Alcohol consumption in times of COVID-19 While bars, restaurants and pubs are closed nearly across the EU and some companies are switching their production to hand sanitizers, there are some reports that alcohol consumption might actually be goin...

EU-wide rapid respons study on alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic TUD, Germany and FCRB, Spain, with the support of a number of public health and research institutes in Europe, are launching a European-wide brief rapid response surv...

EMCDDA. Impact of COVID-19 on drug services and help-seeking in Europe  EMCDDA trendspotter briefing May 2020 https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/publications/13073/EMCDDA-Trendspotter-Covid-19_Wave-1-2.pdf

Somalia's coronavirus khat bans leaves chewers in a stew Flights carrying the mild stimulant khat have been banned from entering Somalia, leaving chewers of the leaves in a stew. (BBC, 14.05.2020) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52629112

Kompetenznetz Public Health COVID-19 veröffentlicht Empfehlungen zum Umgang mit Corona-Falschnachrichten  Falsche Informationen zu COVID-19 verbreiten sich in sozialen Medien immer schneller. Was man zu Inhalten und Häufigkeit solcher Falsch...