> an increase in drug & alcohol use during lockdowns The first wing to have been changed into a Covid wing in Colmar (First French hotspot for covid, pre-lockd

> an increase in drug & alcohol use during lockdowns The first wing to have been changed into a Covid wing in Colmar (First French hotspot for covid, pre-lockdown) was the addictology (don't know if its an english word) service, since it had with a lot of beds, small ventilators and IVs. My cousin's wife told me that most of her "regular" patients disappeared, whether they were in remission or not, and either students/young workers did not had alcohol poisoning anymore, or they stopped calling the hospital. On the other hand, while they were a lot of death, some functioning addicts (again, is this understandable for English people?) stopped consuming during of lockdown. So i guess a mixed bag.