Our findings complement those of existing studies [12,13] by describing changes among a younger, more diverse, community-based cohort and by documenting a durable reduction in alcohol use that extended beyond the initial stay-at-home orders. Our data do not explain why alcohol use decreased. The decrease may be explained by reduced contact with friends (and thus, reduced access to alcohol and/or the social contexts that often drive early use [13]) or by increased supervision/presence of parents in the home due to stay-at-home orders and remote work [37,38].
