>Substance abuse increases in New York City in
>aftermath of September 11th
>Survey results indicate that smoking and alcohol and
>marijuana use increased among residents of Manhattan
>during the five to eight weeks after the terrorist
>attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC).
>Almost one-third of the nearly 1,000 persons
>interviewed reported an increased use of alcohol,
>marijuana, or cigarettes following the September 11th
>attacks.
Curiously, it seems that most of the increase in boozing happened in bars, and not at home. Whenever I go into the liquor store down the street, the owner asks me about the stock market and the Fed, and I ask him about his business (are the $200 bottles of vintage tequila moving? how many credit cards are getting rejected?). He said there was no pickup in business after 9/11. But the bars were full. I guess people wanted to get tanked sociably.
Doug