Other drugs are cheaper, and readily available.
https://northjerseyrecovery.com/why-gen-z-is-drinking-less-but-using-more-drugs/
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lol this thread not realizing it's a shitpost, half of gen z have not make it to drinking age and this data could be years old
Now show cbd/pot use.
Gen Y here, love Gen Zs. You got it, folks, keep resisting.
They have to spend like 80% of their income on housing. The rest on groceries and bills.
Have you seen the price of a beer now? Each night at the pub ends up being $100+
We're less social, drinks in public spaces have gotten too expensive, weed
Gen Z hasn't been 21 or older for as long as the other groups, thus they haven't spent as much on booze yet.
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Gen Zs grew up watching all kinds of messages about drinking and driving, probably saw relatives screw up their lives with DUIs. Going out to drink isn't an attractive idea.
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Gen Zs are the generation with the least acces to decent wages, and alcohol in restaurants and bars has become extremely expensive. Going out drinking costs way too much.
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Weed is easily available, and far cheaper. You can easily blow $50 in a bar in one evening, while $50 can buy enough weed for a week, and you won't be waking up hungover every morning.
It's not just Gen Z, I'm an old guy, and I don't like to drink when I go out. I might have a beer with dinner, but never more than one. I'd never drink more than a couple and drive home. You can get a DUI even if you aren't feeling the effects, and I can't deal with that. I'll just drink at home.
When I was 19 I could barely scrape together $22 for a 30 rack of something cheap.
When I was 14 I had never tried alcohol. Obviously the 21-25 crowd might be expected to spend slightly more on alcohol (maybe?) than the 26-30 crowd. But like even if Gen Z isn't drinking (which I hear is true) I wouldn't expect them to spend a lot on booze, for a host of reasons.
They like the cheap shit. Generation MD.
Can't speak for them Zoomers in the US, but my guess would be that Corona is responsible for the sharp decline. Most of GenZ reached drinking age around that time and boozing alone is by far not as fun as in a group.
I suspect it has to do with what their primary activities are. Perhaps they're spending less time in groups and more time isolated, communicating digitally.
I'm wondering how this is calculated? Is the data tracked by IDs scanned and birthdays entered at registers?