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DGUtley
10-23-2020, 07:11 AM
You aren’t the only one who’s been drinking more since the pandemic began. Especially if you’re a woman.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/alcohol-covid-increased-drinking-during-pandemic-study-20201001.html

Americans over age 30 have been drinking more during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health has found, raising concern for researchers that stressed adults looking for relief during months of lockdown may be putting themselves at risk for other health concerns. The study, by researchers at the RAND Corp. and the University of Indiana, was initially conceived as a five-year project looking at how people’s social networks influenced their substance use, said Michael Pollard, a RAND sociologist and the study’s lead author. The first interviews of the 6,000 study participants were conducted in 2019.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArHTQfo1fyU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by-RdRmlWoI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsjUtt6SyHU


https://abcnews.go.com/US/alcohol-consumption-rising-sharply-pandemic-women/story?id=73302479


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Abby08
10-23-2020, 10:35 AM
The only things I've been drinking are, water, coffee, juice and, an occasional soda.

jigglepete
10-23-2020, 02:23 PM
Well, I mean, it is important to stay hydrated after all :wink:

The Xl
10-23-2020, 02:27 PM
Thankfully for me, I'm highly introverted and don't drink, I love being alone. But I have a lot of friends and family who have suffered through this. They're waging war on normal human chemistry. It's criminal. I can't imagine that the majority of Americans support these measures.