{
  "id": 4179825,
  "title": "Drinking among Gen Z adults has gone up, busting the sober myth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/drinking-among-gen-z-adults-has-gone-up-busting-the-sober-myth",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T08:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gen-z-adults-drinkin-myths-9.7324161"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "After years of speculation that Gen Z is the sober generation, new research shows that they are actually starting to drink more — nearly on par with the rest of the adult population.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}