While excessive and obsessive behaviors are nothing new, according to the study, the pandemic has exacerbated both the underlying health issues and the toxic behavior used to treat it.
"I work in an inpatient unit. We detox patients off of all substances of abuse, alcohol, benzos, opioids. And yeah, the numbers don't surprise me at all," said Dawn Johnson, a psychiatric mental health nurse with the Indiana Center for Recovery.
Here in New York, Dr. Harris Stratyner, a licensed psychologist and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology at Mount Sinai, sees marijuana as the problem.
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