alt Hacker News"Make the drug less good" likely isn't the answer. Nor is banning it.
What caused Gen Z to drink less than millenials? Maybe Gen Z has the answer.
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> What caused Gen Z to drink less than millenials?
Social media addiction?
Decades of science communication and real life examples of knowing (of) alcohol addicts
Gen Z drinks less because alcohol isn’t enough of a fix and hard drugs are way cheaper. The answer isn’t what you’re looking for.
Inflation, mostly. And a lot of us lack social skills so they don't have many friends, thus no reason to go out and get drunk.
But like, when a pint is $12 and mixed drinks are $15+ sobriety starts looking more appealing.
Source: Am gen Z.
Make it legal and expensive?
Gen Z never touch grass, you need to first leave the house before drinking comes up.
You're only allowed to drink as an adult. We're talking about letting those companies rot our brains in those first 18 years.