Author/Authors :
Saeedi, Majid Department of Pharmaceutics - Faculty of Pharmacy - Mazandaran University of Medical Science, Sari , Omrani-Nava, Versa Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari , Maleki, Iradj Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari , Hedayatizadeh-Omran, Akbar Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari , Ahmadi, Abdolrahim Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari , Moosazadeh, Mahmood Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari , Roozbeh, Fatemeh Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari , Nahanghi, Hasan Imam Khomeini Hospital, Amol , Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari
Abstract :
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
has estimated that there are 16 million opioid users
globally (1). Since December 2019, when coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) emerged fromWuhancity and rapidly
spread throughout China (2), this disease hasmanypsychiatric
aspects (3), and some false beliefs and rumors have
been spread in social media and the community regarding
the protective effect of opium consumption against
COVID-19 (4).
