I can't help but think a huge uptick in the prescribing of benzodiazepines, coupled with huge increases in alcohol consumption, and then, of course, coupled with the new commercialization of marijuana, that we don't have a kind of major tsunami of addiction that we are creating right now that is not going to be fully realized for another few years.
Kennedy warns of a potential addiction crisis due to rising substance use during the pandemic.
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benzodiazepine scripts have gone up over 30 percent since COVID hit--30 percent.
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