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Originally Posted by blankall

Alcohol has already been replaced by something much worse, opioids. People, but especially youth, have much higher rates of opioid deaths, to the point it's decreasing the life expectancy of Canadians on average.

This notion that youth are living a healthier life simply isn't true. They are abusing drugs, generally, more. Opioid, cocaine, meth, random "research chemicals" etc.. Average life expectancy for a young person is decreasing rapidly.

You people are also getting fatter, less active, using nicotine more (vaping and pouch use outweighs decreases in cigarette use), etc...

Yes, the rates for young people abstaining from alcohol have increased from 24-30%, but that's likely not a sign a health. I think what we're seeing is a backlash by a minority to epidemics going on around them. The same is true of food. If you went by social media alone, you'd assume more people were eating healthy or alternative diets. However, on average, people are eating worse, including more fast food.

Maybe, the point still stands there is sod all anyone can do about it, society has changed it isnt changing back so we have to learn to cope with the changes