Once again, we see that alcohol retreats, while cannabis advances. Even in Alberta, Canada, where both substances are legal at age 18+. It's almost like age limits don't really matter when it comes to secular trends. Because they really don't matter:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-alcohol-cannabis-trends-1.7582982
Redditors also sum it up pretty well anecdotally, especially in regards to the younger generation:
https://www.reddit.com/r/alberta/comments/1m5jufa/albertans_drinking_way_less_booze_than_they_used/
Now, it's not entirely a result of cannabis legalization and increased popularity that alcohol consumption has been on the decline. The latter trend has been observed practically everywhere in the world in recent years, and is at least in part driven by increasing health concerns in regards to alcohol, as well as more people preferring to socialize online instead of IRL. But one still cannot dismiss the partial substitution effects as well.
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