From 1.5kg a day, cocaine use shot up to 2.5kg – What’s happening this year with viruses and when to expect an increase in cases
The use of drugs doubled again this year during the holidays, as shown by the analysis of the waste water of the Attica Region.
Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Nikos Thomaidis, speaking on the “Today” program of SKAI, says characteristically: “During the Christmas season, systematically we observe greater consumption and use of substances and mainly of stimulantsthat is cocaineecstasy, less meth and of course steady cannabis use. The average use of cocaine in recent years is around 1.2 to 1.5 kg per day, during the Christmas period becomes 2.5 kg per day”.
According to him: “The trafficking of this substance has changed somewhat since 2020, and in fact we detected it very early in the sewage, in relation to the seizures and the course of the police in Europe. It is pan-European phenomenon and this at the beginning the we linked to Covidbut it wasn’t that. Now this substance is more accessible, even though we think it is an expensive drug.”
As for the virusesthe professor states that “Fortunately, in this period, compared to the previous year, we are at lower levels. The coronavirus is about 4 to 6 times less than it was last year. Influenza is 10 times and RSV is 15 times lower and even at very low levels.”
Why is this happening? According to Mr. Thomaidis “the weather conditions were very favorablewhich were very soft in the previous period. We have seen the expected increase since early December. Usually this week we expect an increase due to overcrowding».
Source: Skai
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