With the ongoing pandemic, technology has become a primary method of spreading information and misinformation. This recent study conducted an analysis of COVID-19 related Tweets mentioning cannabis and opioids. The top stakeholder disseminating information about cannabis was CNN, while the top stakeholder for opioids was Nature. They found that more cannabis-related Tweets were created and disseminated. Yet, the opioids Twitter network had a cleaner online environment with less disinformation than the cannabis Twitter network, with a focus on COVID-19 prevention and treatment.
