Soldiers and civilians have shared in the intense stress and trauma of war, from the harrowing experience of the front line to the fear of missile attacks in the middle of night. [...] In other words, there is not yet sufficient information to conclude that the absence of seizures in the period between the closure of the port of Odesa in February 2022 and May 2023 indicates the absence of cocaine in the Ukrainian market. [...] Investigators later dis- covered that the apartment belonged to a dealer, from whom the minors had bought the salts.129 The continuation of production during the war, the increased detection of laboratories and equipment for large-scale synthesis, and the wide availability of cooks with knowledge of production processes throughout the country point to a well-organized pattern of salt trafficking i. [...] Khimprom in Georgia In December 2019, Georgian police dismantled a drug traf- was the regional ‘coordinator’ of the organization, responsi-ficking group specializing in the production and distribu- ble for leading the group and hiring trustworthy personnel tion of NPS in the capital Tbilisi and the cities of Kutaisi and to act as foot soldiers in Georgia.156 Under the Ukrainian, Batumi. [...] The Ukrainian national 26 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS The emergence of new patterns of drug use in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine indicates new trends in the consumption of cannabis, street methadone and salts, both for recreational use and as a means of coping with the stress and trauma of the ongoing war, particularly among military personnel.
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