“It has always been my habit to hide none of my methods, either from my friend Watson or from anyone who might take an intelligent interest in them.”
Sherlock Holmes, from “The Reigate Puzzle”, 1893
THE DATA
From 1999 to 2024, Americans who consumed alcoholic beverages decreased by 9.4%, from 64% to 58%.
From 1999 to 2024, Americans who consumed alcoholic beverages decreased by an annual average of .4%.
From 1999 to 2023, Americans who consumed alcoholic beverages decreased by an annual average of .1%
From 1999 to 2023, Americans who consumed alcoholic beverages decreased by 3.1%, from 64% to 62%.
In 1999, 64% of Americans consumed alcoholic beverages.
From 2010 to 2019, the international number of alcohol-attributable deaths per 100,000 people decreased by an annual average of 2.2%
From 2010 to 2019, the international number of alcohol-attributable deaths per 100,000 people decreased by 20.2%.
From 2011 to 2021, marijuana use among U.S. teenagers decreased by 30.4%, from 23% to 16%.
From 2013 to 2023, marijuana use among U.S. high schoolers, decreased by 26%, from 23% to 17%.
From 2021 to 2024, U.S. adults who reported having “no drinks” in the past week increased by an annual average of 4.9%.
From 2021 to 2024, U.S. adults who reported having “no drinks” in the past week increased by 14.7%, from 34% to 39%.
From 2021 to 2022, the alcohol-induced mortality rate in the U.S. decreased by 6%, to 13.5 deaths per 100,000 people, the first decrease in the rate after more than a decade of increases.
From 2021 to 2022, the 6% decrease in the alcohol-induced mortality rate in the United States was 200% greater, or three times greater than the 2%, average annual decrease in international alcohol-attributable deaths per 100,000 people from 2010 to 2019.
Alcohol-Induced deaths are decreasing exponentially, going forward in time, because the health of the ether is inexorably improving, and moral and mental health vary directly with that of the subject’s etheric environment.
In 2021, 34% of U.S. adults reported having “no drinks” in the past week.
From 2022 to 2024, Americans who consumed alcoholic beverages decreased by an annual average of 6.7%.
From 2022 to 2023, American consumers aged 18 and older who had “occasion to use alcoholic beverages such as liquor, wine or beer” decreased by 7.5%, from 67% to 62%.
From 2022 to 2024, Americans who consumed alcoholic beverages decreased by 13.4%, from 67% to 58%.
From 2022 to 2023, adults aged 21 and older who had not consumed alcohol decreased by 2%, from 47% to 45%.
In 2022, 34% of U.S. adults reported having “no drinks” in the past week.
From 2023 to 2025, Americans who participated in Dry January increased by an annual average of 50%.
From 2023 to 2025, Americans who participated in Dry January increased by 100%, or by two times, from 15% to 30%.
From 2023 to 2024, Americans who consumed alcoholic beverages decreased by 6.5%, from 62% to 58%.
From 2023 to 2024, Americans who did not drink alcohol at all in the past year increased by %(?), from 24% to 28%
In 2024, the 39% of Americans who reported having no drinks in the past week was 2.6% greater than the 38% of Americans who did not consume alcohol in 2023.
From 2023 to 2024, marijuana sales n Colorado decreased by 16%, from $1,529,324,553 to $1,283,555,595.
From 2023 to 2024, medical cannabis sales in New York decreased by 19%, from $155.7 million to $126.4 million.
From 2023 to 2024, the average per capita consumption of alcohol in the United States decreased by 25%, from four drinks per week to three drinks per week.
From 2023 to 2024, Americans who participated in Dry January increased by 66.6%, from 15% to 25%.
From 2023 to 2024, the 6.5% decrease in Americans who consumed alcoholic beverages was 6,400% greater than its .1% average annual decrease from 1999 to 2023.
Alcohol consumption is decreasing exponentially, going forward in time, because the health of the ether is inexorably improving, and moral and mental health vary directly with that of the subject’s etheric environment
In 2023, 15% of Americans participated in Dry January.
In 2023, 24% of Americans did not drink alcohol at all in the past year.
In 2023, 38% of Americans did not consume alcohol.
From 2024 to 2025, Americans taking part in Dry January increased by 20%, from 25% to 30%.
In 2024, 25% of Americans participated in Dry January.
In 2024, 28% of Americans did not drink alcohol at all in the past year.
In 2024, 58% of Americans consumed alcoholic beverages.
In 2024, 39% of Americans reported having no drinks in the past week.
In the 1st quarter of 2024, the 4.4% increase in recreational cannabis sales in the U.S. was 50% less than their 8.8% increase in the 3rd quarter of 2023.
Marijuana consumption is decreasing exponentially, going forward in time, because the health of the ether is inexorably improving, and moral and mental health vary directly with that of the subject’s etheric environment.
On August 13, 2024, gallp.com said “Alcohol Consumption Increasingly Viewed as Unhealthy in U.S.”
When, in fact, a meta-analysis by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found those who consumed moderate levels of alcohol had a 16% lower risk of all-cause mortality than those who never drank.
I have exposed the duplicity of Gallup by using what was known in the old days as “fact checking”.
On November 13, 2024, reuters.com’s Alexander Malyshev and Sarah Ganley said “The U.S. cannabis market has had an impressive growth trajectory in 2024”.
When, in fact, marijuana sales in Colorado decreased by 16% from 2023 to 2024, from $1,529,324,553 to $1,283,555,595.
I have exposed the duplicity of Reuters by using what was known in the old days as “fact checking”.
From December 2023 to January 2024, purchases of spirits in the U.S. decreased by 39%.
In December 2024, a meta-analysis by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found those who consumed moderate levels of alcohol had a 16% lower risk of all-cause mortality than those who never drank.
