Alcohol use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained elevated even after the pandemic ended, according to a large nationally representative Keck Medicine of USC study published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Excessive drinking inches higher after pandemic increase: Research

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Pandemic-prompted drinking persists, according to a new study that shows a continued increase in alcohol use.

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Americans started drinking more during the pandemic, and a new study shows that lasted for years

Excessive drinking continued increasing in 2022, after rising during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study that was released on Tuesday.  The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found that heavy alcohol use from 2018 to 2020 jumped by 20 percent, and then increased another 4 percent from 2020…

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Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the percentage of Americans who consumed alcohol -- which had already spiked between 2018 and 2020 -- inched even further up in 2021 and 2022.

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U.S. alcohol consumption rose during pandemic, in years after

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Study finds pandemic-era increase in alcohol use has persisted

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Ian Birkby

Pandemic stress linked to long-term rise in alcohol consumption

A new finds that heavy drinking among adult Americans increased more than 20 percent during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and continued for the following two years.

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Daniel Hogan

Pandemic-era increase in alcohol use persists, research shows

Alcohol use among U.S. adults escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained elevated afterwards, reveals a recent study. Stress from the pandemic and limited access to healthcare services were seen as major contributors to the continued rise in drinking levels, underscoring the necessity for targeted health and policy interventions. Public Health Concerns A population-based study [...]

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Why We’re Drinking More: The Pandemic’s Lasting Effect on Alcohol

Alcohol use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained elevated even after the pandemic ended, according to a large nationally representative Keck

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Pandemic-Era Increase in Alcohol Use Persists

Americans started drinking more as the COVID-19 pandemic got underway. They were stressed, isolated, uncertain — the world as they had known it had changed overnight.

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At the pandemic’s start, Americans began drinking more. They still are - West Hawaii Today

New research shows that levels of overall and heavy drinking among Americans are still higher than they were in 2018.

Pandemic stress linked to long-term rise in alcohol consumption

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