1) A not insignificant portion of the decline is due to conversion of use into d

1) A not insignificant portion of the decline is due to conversion of use into deaths.
– Heroin/Crack -> Fentanyl migration
– Fentanyl expansion
– Overdose Deaths
2) A not insignificant portion of the decline is due to subsitution:
– High Fat/Suger Food, Phones, Games, Porn
3) A not insignificant portion of the decline is due to Social Isolation on top of those subsitutions.
4) A major factor is the radical increase in mental illness made possible by the end of social suppression due to social isolation.
5) Lastly the decline in population and the ‘impoverishment’ of population.

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