ArticleDrug and alcohol review2021
Alcohol controls in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic in India: Commentary on Stockwell et al.
Article in Drug and alcohol review, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Changes in alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic and previous pandemics: A systematic review.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Pooled it
- The early impact of COVID-19 on the incidence, prevalence, and severity of alcohol use and other drugs: A systematic review.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Pooled it
- Changes in tobacco and alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in India: a propensity score matching approach.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- Changes in hazardous drinking pre, during and post 70-day alcohol sales ban during COVID-19 pandemic in Botswana.The International journal on drug policy · 2023Article
- Substance use disorders and COVID-19: reflections on international research and practice changes during the "poly-crisis".Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Lockdown and licensed premises: COVID-19 lessons for alcohol policy.Drug and alcohol review · 2022Article
- COVID-19 Social Restrictions: An Opportunity to Re-visit the Concept of Harm Reduction in the Treatment of Alcohol Dependence. A Position Paper.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Review
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent restrictions have resulted in additional challenges for persons with alcohol use disorders as well as for the effective operation of alcohol controls in different societies. The challenges are different in different systems and economies. Crises such as these often provide governments with opportunities to remake systems. We use the recent experience from India, which rapidly shifted between total countrywide prohibition of alcohol and unrestricted sales during this brief period, to argue against using the present crisis to bring about quick changes in alcohol policy in India. Instead, we advocate sustained, incremental pressure to develop and enforce alcohol control measures in public health delivery systems, in addition to demand reduction measures.
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