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Experts say alcohol culture ballooned during pandemic, led to increases in problematic drinking (www.cbc.ca)
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The COVID-19 pandemic was a time of unknowns. It brought confusion, anxiety, fear, boredom, isolation and a lack of structure. Experts believe this perfect storm led to a widespread increase in problematic drinking and alcoholism.

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[-] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I didn't see any numbers in that article that supported the claim. It should be easy to look up alcohol consumption numbers shouldn't it?

[-] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

9.7 standard drink per, or a 2.1% increase, during the first year of the pandemic: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/220215/dq220215a-eng.htm

Alcohol related death went up 18% (calendar year, so doesn't exactly align), which seems a much more important metric to me: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/alcohol-deaths-pandemic-1.6712273

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