How We Cope: What Do Addiction Rates After 9/11 Tell Us?

We may never know the true death toll of 9/11, nor the full extent of the psychological trauma the terrorist attacks caused. But by looking at rates of alcohol and other drug use among those who were directly and indirectly affected by the World Trade Center attacks, researchers are discovering insights into our complex psychological response to terror — and into the origins of drug addiction in general.

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