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Source: I work in health and social care.
Obviously people have more time to sit at home and drink but also they're cut off from their usual support services or coping mechanisms. Quit drinking cos you didn't want the grandkids to see you drink? Well now they're not going to see you for a few months anyway. Quit to keep your job? Well you're not going to work for a while anyway. So there's a lot of FORMER hardcore drinkers who are diving back into their old habits.
Not only that I have drug addicted clients who are trying new drugs cos their usual isn't available. Prescription meds are being misused more - they're more available than imported drugs like cocaine or heroin. They've been more difficult to get into the country so there's less of it available for sale. It's why there's been a spate of robberies of care homes and pharmacies as well as housebreaking.
So we're probably going to see a rise in deaths from drink/drugs - cos people who have been off it are back on it, people are trying unpredictable drug combos trying to replicate what they can't get right now and people who were already struggling are sinking. |
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