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Not to get all correlation/causation [0] on this, but teen substance abuse is down globally across the board. In the US, for example, alcohol use by 8th grader
by zamfi 3y ago
Not to get all correlation/causation [0] on this, but teen substance abuse is down globally across the board.
In the US, for example, alcohol use by 8th graders dropped from 45%+ in 1992 to below 25% in 2012 [1], the period described in this article.
Fairly sure middle schoolers in the US aren't getting natural highs...unless social media counts!
[0]: https://xkcd.com/552/ https://xkcd.com/552/
[1]: https://monitoringthefuture.org/data/bx-by/drug-prevalence/#drug=%22Alcohol%22 https://monitoringthefuture.org/data/bx-by/drug-prevalence/#...
- GauntletWizard 3y agoIt seems that that use has been entirely supplanted, or more, but Marijuana use in the same period[1,2]. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/marijuana/health-effects/teens.html https://www.cdc.gov/marijuana/health-effects/teens.html [2] https://nida.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/2022/08/marijuana-and-hallucinogen-use-among-young-adults-reached-all-time-high-in-2021 https://nida.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/2022/08/marij...
- Aerroon 3y agoI wonder how much video games are a part of this. When I was growing up these two definitely competed for time.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]