> that’s given you the view that drug and alcohol use has increased a lot post-pandemic.
It's fairly well studied in the medical literature [0, 1] and reported on pretty regularly in popular media as well [2]
0. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7763183/
1. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...
2. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/09/22/covid-...