Wolf Summarizes Study on COVID-19 Distancing Restrictions, Drug Overdoses on Academic Minute
August 5, 2024
Academic Minute
Social distancing was key in reducing COVID deaths, but it came with consequences. Douglas Wolf, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs, recently co-authored a study that found these measures contributed to increases in drug overdoses.
The study, “States’ COVID-19 Restrictions were Associated with Increases in Drug Overdose Deaths in 2020,” was published in the American Journal of Public Health. Shannon Monnat, professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion and Population Health, University Professor Jennifer Karas Montez, and Emily Wiemers, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, were co-authors of the study.
Wolf summarizes the findings on the Academic Minute.
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