Interactive Dialogue on Alcohol and COVID-19: A Dangerous Mix

  This first Interactive Dialogue offers an opportunity for prevention practitioners to:

• Learn about and better understand the harms associated with changes in alcohol availability as a result of an unexpected pandemic, including the increasingly blurred line between on and off premises sales;

• Share emerging changes to alcohol sales that will not only impact alcohol-related harms in the short-term, but have the potential to set dangerous precedents that will damage the three tier system long-term; and 

• Discuss ways communities can take action to prevent the harms associated with increased access to alcohol. 

• Discuss ways to ensure that temporary policies do not become permanent.

• Consider possible data collection to make the case about alcohol related harms.