Will the Current COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Long-term Cannabis Buying Practices?
Teodora Groshkova, Tiberiu Stoian, Andrew Cunningham, Paul Griffiths, Nicola Singleton, Roumen Sedefov
Abstract
: The COVID-19 pandemic and the response to have resulted in an increase in sales activity levels on darknet markets during the first 3 months of 2020, mainly related to cannabis products. One key question is whether more people will become used to this form of purchasing their drugs and will they continue with it post COVID-19 lockdown. As one-to-one encrypted communication services or social media apps are increasingly being used, monitoring and interdiction will become much more challenging.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PandemicInterdictionMedicineCannabis2019-20 coronavirus outbreakInternet privacySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)PurchasingKey (lock)BusinessMarketingComputer securityPsychiatryVirologyComputer scienceOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)Aerospace engineeringEngineeringPathologyDiseaseSpam and Phishing Detection