A cohort-based assessment of drug use trends during the COVID-19 pandemic: relationship with mood and sociodemographic factors in Brazil.

Front Psychiatry · 2025 · PMC11841454 · PMID 39980973

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very close to significanceP = 0.052so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Cannabis use showed a covariable effect (P = 0.001) and a very close to significance time effect (P = 0.052).

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an increasing trendno p-value reported

The most recent studies that report heavy episodic drinking and tobacco use reported in the last month (meaning between September of 2021 and February of 2022, and between December of 2022 and April of 2023) show an increasing trend of heavy episodic drinking and smoking ( 37 , 38 ).

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