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COVID changed the way we use drugs and alcohol — now it's time to properly invest in treatment

  • Written by Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University
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During crises and disasters, alcohol and other drug use oftenchanges. But the changes are not straightforward and impacts may be different for different groups of people.

There doesn’t seem to have been significant overall increases or decreases in alcohol or other drug use during the COVID-19 pandemic, but some groups are at...

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