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Today, Explained

Dry January

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The start of a new year is increasingly a time when people choose to abstain from drinking for a month. We’re using the moment as an opportunity to revisit an episode from last year, about new health guidelines in Canada that raise questions about whether there’s any safe amount of alcohol to consume. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn and Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You guys hear the one about young people not drinking as much anymore?

0:06.0

Gallup did some polling on it.

0:08.0

I'm a quote it.

0:09.0

Young adults in the United States have become progressively less likely to use alcohol over the past two decades

0:15.8

with the percentages of 18 to 34 year old saying they ever drink that they drank in the past week

0:22.4

and that they sometimes drink more than they should

0:26.0

all lower today.

0:29.2

With 2023 almost over, we're hearing some of you are thinking about a dry January, but what about a dry,

0:34.8

February? What about a dry 2024? What about joining the Youngs and maybe choosing to go for that

0:40.6

mock tale or that non-alcoholic beer. I hear those taste not quite as bad as they used to.

0:45.5

On today Explaining, we're going to revisit an episode we made earlier this year. It features some

0:49.5

compelling research that might convince you to join all those youngs who would just rather not drink.

0:56.3

Stay tuned.

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