Young Adults in U.S. Drinking Less Than in Prior Decades

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14 pointspaulpauper3 comments

Also, beer isn't the deal it used to be. I was recently charged $9 for a corona at a dive bar in Los Angeles, and that was the cash price.

Because the science is becoming clear that alcohol is poison. The safe number of drinks per WEEK is probably one or two. Per day it is zero.

Smoking rates dropped when it became clear it was killing vast amounts of people. I expect we’re seeing a similar thing happening.

Without clear evidence, I wouldn't attribute this to people becoming healthier. The increasing availability of alternatives (i.e. legal marijuana) and demographic changes seem like more probable factors, as the article suggests.

A more controversial claim might be that decreasing levels of socialization, or shifting leisure preferences, among the youth also factor in. There have been plenty of studies in recent years that explore the seemingly-relevant decrease in sexual activity within that age group, for example (https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=young+p...).

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