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USA and COVID-19: Alcohol Use Skyrockets during Pandemic

United States of America

Movendi | 23 Oct 2020

A new study published in the JAMA Network Open has found that alcohol use has increased in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic comparative to 2019. Increased alcohol use adds to the already existing heavy alcohol burden in the country and is likely to lead to long-term alcohol harm lasting longer than the pandemic itself.