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> that’s given you the view that drug and alcohol use has increased a lot post-pandemic. It's fairly well studied in the medical literature [0, 1] and reported
by it_does_follow 5y ago
> that’s given you the view that drug and alcohol use has increased a lot post-pandemic.
It's fairly well studied in the medical literature [0, 1] and reported on pretty regularly in popular media as well [2]
0. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7763183/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7763183/
1. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2770975 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...
2. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/09/22/covid-19-pandemic-heavy-drinking-survey-alkermes/5798036001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/09/22/covid-...
- futureshock 5y agoInteresting. I wonder how this will have changed after vaccines became widely available. If it was a temporary increase vs long term. Personally, I bought a nice 1.5 l bottle of scotch a week before lockdowns began, but never bought any hard liquor since I got my vaccine.