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Effects of COVID-19 on Substance Use in Singapore
This review examines the impact of COVID-19 on the substance-abuse landscape and climate with particular attention on Singapore’s. Substance-abuse has received the least attention during the COVID-19 outbreak and this pandemic has further sheared the problem’s visibility and the provision of care fo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8392814/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34456569 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/11782218211030533 |
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author | Tan, Ho Teck Chai, Boon Ceng Lui, Yit Shiang |
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description | This review examines the impact of COVID-19 on the substance-abuse landscape and climate with particular attention on Singapore’s. Substance-abuse has received the least attention during the COVID-19 outbreak and this pandemic has further sheared the problem’s visibility and the provision of care for this population of sufferers. The authors examine the current literature to look at the access and utility of street drugs due to border closure, the influence of the pandemic on prevailing drug behaviours as well as the effect of social distancing on drug-users. Two case studies are described. The paper serves to illuminate the ever-present problem of substance-abuse even during a viral pandemic and to remind the local government and healthcare system to continue efforts in caring for this group of patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-83928142021-08-28 Effects of COVID-19 on Substance Use in Singapore Tan, Ho Teck Chai, Boon Ceng Lui, Yit Shiang Subst Abuse Review This review examines the impact of COVID-19 on the substance-abuse landscape and climate with particular attention on Singapore’s. Substance-abuse has received the least attention during the COVID-19 outbreak and this pandemic has further sheared the problem’s visibility and the provision of care for this population of sufferers. The authors examine the current literature to look at the access and utility of street drugs due to border closure, the influence of the pandemic on prevailing drug behaviours as well as the effect of social distancing on drug-users. Two case studies are described. The paper serves to illuminate the ever-present problem of substance-abuse even during a viral pandemic and to remind the local government and healthcare system to continue efforts in caring for this group of patients. SAGE Publications 2021-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8392814/ /pubmed/34456569 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/11782218211030533 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Review Tan, Ho Teck Chai, Boon Ceng Lui, Yit Shiang Effects of COVID-19 on Substance Use in Singapore |
title | Effects of COVID-19 on Substance Use in Singapore |
title_full | Effects of COVID-19 on Substance Use in Singapore |
title_fullStr | Effects of COVID-19 on Substance Use in Singapore |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of COVID-19 on Substance Use in Singapore |
title_short | Effects of COVID-19 on Substance Use in Singapore |
title_sort | effects of covid-19 on substance use in singapore |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8392814/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34456569 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/11782218211030533 |
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