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Substance Abuse and a Pandemic

  • Fred Vigeant

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans are also facing a substance use crisis.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the pandemic has prompted more people to start or increase use of a substance as a way of coping with the stress.

Overdose deaths have also spiked since the start of the pandemic.

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