Coronavirus crisis could increase users' drug habits – report

Addiction expert says lockdown will be tipping crisis' for some recreational users

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The coronavirus pandemic could push some recreational drug users into more serious and potentially harmful substance use, while use of party drugs" declines, a leading addiction expert has said.

For some casual users of cannabis or cocaine, the lockdown will probably prove to be a mental health crisis point that leads them to take drugs more frequently, said Prof Adam Winstock, the founder and director of the Global Drug Survey.