National Institute on Drug Dependence, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Dependence Research, Beijing, China.
Addict Biol. 2023 Sep;28(9):e13318. doi: 10.1111/adb.13318.
This work illustrates the accelerated decline in illegal drug use during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. We first reviewed the global effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the situation of illegal drugs. We then compared the data of the pre-pandemic (2016-2019) and pandemic period (2020-2022) for drug seizures, individuals identified as using drugs, registered and newly discovered illegal drug users and the number of community-treated drug users to demonstrate the fast decline in the use of illegal drugs in China. We then discussed the possible reasons and additional considerations for these changes. Overall, the COVID-19 controls in China, such as all-staff nucleic acid testing and ID-based dynamic monitoring, substantially reduced illegal drug use. Being wary of a possible rebound in drug use and preventing new types of drug crimes are still essential in post-COVID China.
本研究阐明了 COVID-19 大流行期间中国非法药物使用的加速下降。我们首先回顾了 COVID-19 大流行对非法药物状况的全球影响。然后，我们比较了流行前（2016-2019 年）和大流行期间（2020-2022 年）的毒品缉获量、被认定为吸毒的个人、登记和新发现的非法吸毒者以及接受社区治疗的吸毒者人数，以证明中国非法药物使用的快速下降。然后，我们讨论了这些变化的可能原因和其他考虑因素。总的来说，中国的 COVID-19 控制措施，如全员核酸检测和基于身份证的动态监测，大大减少了非法药物的使用。警惕药物使用可能出现的反弹，防止新类型的毒品犯罪，仍是后 COVID-19 时代的关键。
