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Speaker 1: There's been a lot more studies obviously now than there

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Speaker 1: were before about like the side effects of alcohol.

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Speaker 2: There are seemingly endless reasons for why gen Z is

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Speaker 2: not drinking like prior generations. For those who do them

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Speaker 2: buy that are looking to cut back, a breakthrough prescription

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Speaker 2: med called now tresone is now growing in popularity. It

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Speaker 2: blocks the pleasure sensors on the brain that muddies the

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Speaker 2: effects of alcohol, making it less enjoyable. There are, of course,

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Speaker 2: health costs to drinking, not to mention other costs.

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Speaker 3: A six pack, for example, it's like fifteen dollars.

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Speaker 4: Mike is a student at Northeastern who has an alternate.

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Speaker 5: Advice when you could give the same price for a

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Speaker 5: marijuana e cigarette.

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Speaker 2: If your new year's resolution is to dial back your drinking,

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Speaker 2: your options are certainly out there on the common Jim

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