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title: "Americans Drank Less Alcohol Again Last Year"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/49caaa7f-0467-4989-81b1-c3ac758ddc05
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/americans-drank-less-alcohol-again-last-year-2708946
category: "General"
published: 2019-01-18T20:15:03.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:31:09.157Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/a62f0c39788ac84676a749dbac78f7b44057.jpg
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# Americans Drank Less Alcohol Again Last Year

**TL;DR:** Alcohol consumption in the US declined by 0.8 percent last year, with beer drinking showing the steepest drop. Americans' attention to healthy living and interest in cannabis-infused products are likely reasons for the decline.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-01-18. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/americans-drank-less-alcohol-again-last-year-2708946).*

## Story

Here’s a sobering statistic: alcohol consumption declined by 0.8 percent last year, according to a Fox Business report citing data compiled by the Wall Street Journal.

Americans continued the previous year's trend of drinking less of all types of booze, but beer drinking showed the steepest drop, according to the article. Millennials’ attention to healthy living and an increased interest in cannabis-infused products are likely reasons for putting down the bottle, according to the report.

In December, Anheuser-Busch InBev announced it was launching a $100 million project to research cannabis-infused drinks with Canadian marijuana producer Tilray, according to the article. Constellations Brands, Corona’s parent company, and Molson-Coors have also gone public with their plans to explore the role of cannabis in their products, according to the article.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- Fox Business (company)
- healthy living (topic)
- cannabis products (topic)
- alcohol consumption (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/americans-drank-less-alcohol-again-last-year-2708946). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/49caaa7f-0467-4989-81b1-c3ac758ddc05).