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Hardship may push people into making drugs for a living: UNODC
Why it is in news?
- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has published 2020 World Drug Report.
World Drug Report 2020:
It has highlighted a wide range of possible consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on illegal drug production, supply and consumption.
During the 2008 economic crisis, there was reductions in drug-related budgets of the governments which resulted in overall increase in drug use, with a shift towards cheaper and more harmful drugs.
Countries fighting pandemic have overlooked drugs related illegal activities which have diverted their attention to other illegal activities, including cybercrime and trafficking in falsified medicines.