COVID HAS PARENTS REACHING FOR POT

Amid the pandemic, a New York Times story suggests more parents are turning to alcohol, pot and other drugs:

• The increase of substance use among parents is “just kind of understandable,” said Jonathan Metzl, the director of the department of medicine, health and society at Vanderbilt University. “This is an incredible, once-in-an-epoch stressful situation, and the kinds of outlets people usually have in their lives are just not available.”
• “My hobby is doom scrolling and learning the science of Covid and smoking weed and sitting on the toilet staring at the wall,” said one mother of two children. “I just hide in my bathroom and vape.”