From WITF:
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.
See the video on WITF’s website: https://video.witf.org/video/substance-use-and-a-pandemic-3mabnk/