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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4043030-hard-liquor-consumption-is-up-60-percent-since-the-1990s/

I know, it's the hill, but I'm on mobile and don't feel like getting a better source. We're not drinking more than ever, but we are drinking more, and it is becoming more normalized again. Also doing it for thousands of years isn't much of an argument since we only recently even discovered cancer