Open AccessAlcohol Consumption in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
Author(s) -
Carolina Barbosa,
Alexander J. Cowell,
William N. Dowd
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of addiction medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1935-3227
pISSN - 1932-0620
DOI - 10.1097/adm.0000000000000767
Subject(s) - binge drinking , medicine , environmental health , public health , pandemic , alcohol , alcohol consumption , population , consumption (sociology) , covid-19 , demography , cross sectional study , injury prevention , unit of alcohol , suicide prevention , poison control , gerontology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , social science , biochemistry , chemistry , nursing , pathology , sociology
Excessive alcohol use is a serious and growing public health problem. Alcoholic beverage sales in the United States increased greatly immediately after the stay-at-home orders and relaxing of alcohol restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it is not known to what degree alcohol consumption changed. This study assesses differences in alcohol drinking patterns before and after the enactment of stay-at-home orders.