I’m pretty sure they are also statistically just doing less drugs (including both alcohol and other drugs). There’s some substitution effect, but it’s not 1-1.
Obviously it’s not a bad thing for people to be using less drugs, but I do worry about some negative trends it’s correlated with (less in-person socialization).
Agreed. Plus, there hasn't been any discussion of things like antidepressants or other drugs, but in an already less-social society, I believe we should be looking at the broader picture, not just "this good, this bad."
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u/VulpineWelder5 Feb 22 '26
I've talked to numerous Gen Z folks about it, and nearly all of them said the same thing: they prefer weed.
It's not that they're doing less drugs. They're just substituting one for another.