Posts that aged poorly

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

I thought I remembered a post from long ago that said, “There’s no way in hell that pot will be legalized in the next 20 years.” I was a little off:

@Left_Hand_of_Dorkness

As for pot, though, care for a wager? If, 20 years after pot’s legalization, it’s not the dominant drug, you owe me a bottle of fine cognac; if it is, I owe you an eighth of sticky greenbud.

Daniel

That said, the post is still aging poorly:

Daily or near‐daily cannabis and alcohol use by adults in the United States:...

As of 2023, DND cannabis use was nearly three times as prevalent (10.4%) as DND alcohol use (3.6%) among young adults ages 19 to 30. Early midlife adults have had a convergence but not yet a crossover; there were similar prevalence levels of DND use of cannabis (7.5%) and alcohol (7.8%) among those ages 35 to 50 in 2023. Among late midlife adults ages 55 to 65, DND alcohol use remained more than twice as prevalent (11.4%) as DND cannabis use (5.2%) in 2023.

I don’t know the exact parameters, but I really miscalculated how popular THC would become.