Infographic: Expert opinion: changes in wholesale price of synthetic drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic

Expert opinion: changes in wholesale price of synthetic drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic

Originally published in:

EU Drug Markets — Impact of COVID-19
Figure 6, page 22

Main subject

drug markets

Keywords

amphetamine
COVID-19
drug markets
MDMA/ecstasy
methamphetamine
price
synthetic drugs

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infographics

Published date:

May 2020
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