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And the more it is diluted by the sheer number of people involved in it.

All the data I keep seeing suggests drug use (including alcohol) is on the decline.

https://nida.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/2023/12/repor...

That's only young people.

It is worse here because it is competitive as well. People get incentivised to do things they normally wouldn't in order to please whatever algorithm is driving the content on the site. A race to the bottom.