In recent years, young people have reported significantly lower alcohol consumption than previous generations.
As noted by a 2023 survey conducted by Gallup, "Young adults in the U.S. have become progressively less likely to use alcohol over the past two decades, with the percentages of 18 to 34-year-olds saying they never drink, that they drank in the past week and that they sometimes drink more than they should all lower today” than in the past two decades.
At the same time...