Irish use less cocaine during 'lockdown'

by Team Inc.

2020-04-16-Irish people use less cocaine during 'lockdown'

According to Irish police, cannabis and benzodiazepines like Xanax are in more demand, MSN reports. The demand for cocaine is actually falling. The corona virus is causing a shift in what people use to get through this 'lockdown'.

Ireland has one of the highest cocaine use rates in Europe and illicit drug use is the norm for some. But with more than 9.000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the country as of this week and more police on the streets, authorities allege the pandemic is putting the drug trade on hold.

With additional police patrol, many of the most notorious criminals and drug gangs seem to have made a decision to resign and await the pandemic. Police predict cocaine use will decline while people are locked up at home. "The recreational drug user - the man who uses cocaine on the weekend - may not spend his money on cocaine, as we saw with the decline in use during the 2008 economic crash," a police source told The Irish Times.

Cannabis demand remains the same

As for cannabis, which is also illegal, there has been little change in demand. “Probably 60 to 70 percent of people who smoke weed do so out of habit. For example while watching television, walking the dog, while fishing or whatever. It will remain so.

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