Drug misuse in Israel has surged dramatically to affect one in four people since the October 2023 Gaza war, a sharp rise from one in ten before the pandemic, according to research from the Israeli Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. The crisis is driven by war-related trauma, with sedative use up 2.5-fold and opioid use nearly doubling, while people report using ketamine, cocaine and prescription drugs to cope with missile alerts, funerals and military mobilization.
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