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Re:Cocaine Paraphernalia Ads in the 70s by it_does_follow on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @10:24AM (#29318849)
> 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/

1. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...

2. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/09/22/covid-...

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Re:Cocaine Paraphernalia Ads in the 70s by dougmwne on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @10:50AM (#29319204)
Interesting. 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.

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