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I'm in agreement. Science tells us more and more that there is no safe amount of booze. I work in addiction services, and I've noticed that doctors won't even prescribe benzos anymore unless it's for acute withdrawal treatment, typically with a rapid 3-5 day taper. Because they're mother's little helpers - booze in pill form.
I also think the true underlying reason for less alcohol use isn't a virtuous one. It's that there's just better mood alteration out there now with far fewer deleterious effects. I'm dating myself a bit, but when I look at how much pharmacological knowledge the average 20 year old has now, it takes me back to my youth when simply going to the library to get a book with information about psychoactive drugs was nearly impossible. And now looking back with actual science, I can see most of what I was able to research back then was tenuous at best, and outright fabrications at worst.
So I think people are engaging in mood alteration more now than ever before. We've just moved on from yeast poop mind-fucks.