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by pixel3234 1098 days ago
It would be interesting to track other stats. With alcohol person can be active while intoxicated, they can move and talk... Some other drugs may knock them out much earlier.

So if people start using harder substitute drugs, there may be raise of drug overdose, while domestic violence goes down.

Also in some countries effect may be opposite. During covid lockdowns people were not allowed to go to pubs (leave home) and domestic violence raised. Lockdowns were effectively strong prohibition.