Covid- 19 pandemic having an impact on Mental health & substance and alcohol abuse (paper must acknowledge that this is preliminary and also support both sides to this topic) impact the Covid-19 Pandemic has had on middle-aged Americans dying of drug and alcohol abuse, obesity and its attendant illnesses, and, in short, of broken h earts. Work cited (articles that must be used ) ATTACHED FYI : as we have seen, Covid is ongoing, and so we cannot really know the ramifications of this horrible incident in our lives.