Changes in Online Psychoactive Substance Trade via Telegram during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
European addiction research January 1, 2021 Matthijs Blankers, Daan van der Gouwe, Lavinia Stegemann et al. 21 citations
During the COVID-19 pandemic, online trade in psychoactive substances via Telegram in the Netherlands shifted: stimulant-related posts (ecstasy, cocaine, amphetamine) decreased during the spring 2020 lockdown, while posts about psychedelics (ketamine, LSD, 2C-B) and other substances increased and remained higher afterward. Of 70,226 posts in two Telegram groups from December 2019 to June 2020, 5,643 were substance-related, and only 6.3% were requests, indicating a sellers' market.