An increasing number of Americans are turning to drugs and alcohol to cope with the fallout from this insane lockdown by the government.
With coronavirus-related stress on the rise, so is alcohol and drug use, according to a national survey.
Findings by The Recovery Village, a Florida-based network of addiction treatment facilities, reflect an “expected” increase in substance use during the pandemic, with Americans reporting a 55% rise in alcohol consumption in the last month. When it came to illicit drugs, 36% of Americans reported increased use of marijuana and prescription opioids, among others.
“Experts have already started to voice concerns on the secondary effects America is yet to see from COVID-19,” researchers wrote, among them being “increased rates of addiction afterward due to the stress of isolation, boredom, decreased access to recovery resources and unemployment.”
I’ve been saying for the past few months that there’d be an increase in alcohol and drug use as a result of the insanity we are experiencing. But you didn’t have to be an expert to predict this. All you needed was some common sense.
Worse yet is how numerous state governments are allowing the sale of alcohol and marijuana while keeping gyms and churches closed in the name of public health. Does this make any sense to you?
We basically have people implementing policies that are making it more likely that people will engage in substance abuse. They have also decided to close places people go to in order to preserve their sanity.
As more people lose their jobs in this economic calamity caused by the lockdown, many more will turn to alcohol and drugs. Some will commit suicide. All because people were afraid of the flu.
