9 Pandemic Trends We Will Take With Us Into The Future

Most of us shiver just from hearing the words ā€œmaskā€, ā€œunprecedentedā€, ā€œsocial distancingā€, ā€œquarantineā€ and other terms birthed from the COVID-19 pandemic.

We long to move on to brighter days, and put COVID-19 behind us, like a dirty family secret. How nice would it be to zap yourself with the memory eraser from Men in Black? Sign me up!

I’m sure we would all be happy to drop everything we learned during this pandemic, and return to a blissfully naive life.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Substance Use in Canada

This has been a long, arduous year for all Canadians. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has impacted all of us in one way or another, whether through the loss of someone close to us, shuttering of one’s business, loss of employment/working more hours than usual, financial stress, or isolation, to name a few. The impacts, however, on those individuals who use substances have been unimaginable. We are facing a growing epidemic within our current pandemic, in the form of an opioid crisis. We have also seen a rise in the use of alcohol, cannabis and, other substances over the last year.