{"id":109616,"date":"2024-08-13T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/?p=109616"},"modified":"2025-10-07T17:26:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T17:26:46","slug":"coping-mechanisms-covid19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/coping-mechanisms-covid19\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day Drinking<\/h2>\n

During the COVID-19 pandemic, it was common to see jokes and posts online that said, \u201cIt\u2019s five o\u2019clock somewhere.\u201d At first, people waited until 5 pm to drink alcohol, but as the isolation wore on, the socially acceptable time to start drinking got earlier and earlier. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), <\/span>about 25 percent of people were drinking more<\/span><\/a> than usual as a coping mechanism during the pandemic. This excessive drinking contradicts the decade-long decrease in alcohol use. However, according to the NIH, this behavior is normal during natural disasters and crises, and alcohol use increases and slowly returns to the pre-disaster baseline. However, the COVID-19 spike has yet to decrease. Along with alcohol, marijuana and hallucinogen use have reached highs for <\/span>a certain age<\/span><\/a> group (18<\/span>\u2013<\/span>to 25\u2013year\u2013olds<\/span>)<\/span>. Why are we seeing an increase when, historically, trends should be leveling off and continuing to decline? <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Alcohol<\/h2>\n

\"Multiple<\/span><\/p>\n

Monitoring the Future (MTF) is an agency that studies and records changes in attitudes and behaviors of different demographics. These MTF longitudinal studies start at an early age to track public opinion and the use of drugs. An annual survey concerned with substance use behaviors and attitudes conducted in 2022 shows a <\/span>significant increase in marijuana and nicotine vaping and hallucinogen use<\/span><\/a>. Adults aged 35 to 50 have the greatest increase, and about 85 percent of the population surveyed had participated in substance use for alcohol. Additionally, binge drinking, having five or more drinks in a row, was prevalent in 30 percent of the population.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This increased use has led to a spike in alcohol-related deaths. In 2020, alcohol-related deaths accounted for<\/span> 19 deaths per 100,000 men and 7.5 deaths per 100,000 women. Alcohol-related deaths can include alcohol poisoning, liver diseases, and sudden pancreatitis. While the ratio of alcohol-related deaths in women was lower than that of men, there was a 26 percent increase from 2019 to 2020, with the highest increase among women aged 35 to 44. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Marijuana<\/h2>\n

MTF also found that <\/span>marijuana usage for the past 12 months was 28 percent <\/span><\/a>of the population, and daily usage \u2014 20 or more instances of using marijuana in the past 30 days \u2014 was 6.5 percent. The legalization or decriminalization of cannabis in many states could cause this increase, which could explain why trends have yet to level off. Other consequences, like economic changes and public opinion, are documented thoroughly as the substance reclassifies. The rates are much lower than alcohol \u2014 a nationally legal substance \u2014 but the increasing trends suggest marijuana use will mimic alcohol use. It is also notable that as vaping (marijuana or nicotine) increases to 28 percent, cigarette use decreases from 20 percent to 16 percent. Criminologists and health professionals believe that vaping is slowly replacing cigarette usage. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Other Drugs”<\/h2>\n

\"AThe 2022 annual panel study includes the category of \u201cOther Drugs,\u201d defined as the <\/span>non-medical use of any drug other than marijuana<\/span><\/a>. These substances include hallucinogens, cocaine, and narcotics. This percentage has risen to about 12 percent for adults aged 35 to 50. <\/span>Prescription drug use, sedatives, and narcotics<\/span><\/a> other than heroin have all decreased. Hallucinogen use for the past 12 months is at a record high since it was first included in the 2008 study. The trend has been increasingly positive over the past decade, from 0.5 percent to 4.1 percent in 2022. Microdosing is popular among the 35 to 50 age group. This type of substance use allows people to <\/span>benefit from the therapeutic side effects<\/span><\/a> of hallucinogens without the negative consequences of higher drug doses.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Conclusions<\/h2>\n

With all the following usages increasing past a crisis date, it\u2019s hard to imagine the U.S. will level out to the pre-COVID-19 trends. Is this the new normal? Decriminalization and legalization might also influence trends in substance use behavior to rise. Other countries, such as <\/span>Brazil and Portugal<\/span><\/a>, that have legalized and decriminalized an array of drugs in the early 2000s experienced an increase in drug use and drug deaths for a short period of time before leveling off and continuously decreasing. Is the decriminalization and legalization of just one drug enough to stabilize substance use trends? If this one change makes a difference with the younger generations, a larger impact would be on its way. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mortimer is a guest blogger at <\/span><\/i><\/b>UITAC Publishing<\/span><\/i><\/a>. UITAC\u2019s mission is to provide high-quality, affordable, and socially responsible online course materials.<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Images used in this blog:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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