Millennials are less keen than previous generations on illicit drugs
They are taking up painkillers instead
.. DEMOCRATS and Republicans do not agree on much, but members of both parties have found common ground in recent years on criminal-justice reform. Both Barack Obama and Charles Koch, a businessman who supports right-wing causes, want to reduce mass incarceration in America by softening laws that punish non-violent drug offenders.
But since Donald Trump became president, this detente between left and right seems to have come to an end. Jeff Sessions, the new attorney-general, has taken a much harsher line, arguing that prosecutors should press for the “most serious” charges against drug offenders.
.. An analysis by DrugAbuse.com, a treatment hotline, shows that millennials (defined as those born between 1983 and 2002) use less marijuana and cocaine than baby-boomers did at the same age. But as the leading street drugs have become less popular, prescription painkillers have filled the void