Drugs. Don’t overthink things.

To dig deeper, not only are young people doing less drugs (good), but we've also stopped being so unbelievably fucking crazy with our policing of drugs. In many places marijuana is basically decriminalized, although not outright legal. Not too long ago even just carrying around marijuana could land you decades in prison, depending on how black you were.

Still can in many states, although the average internet seems to be unaware of this. I saw someone getting torn apart for defending their husbands felony marijuana possession conviction as “not a bad person” because people think that today you only get that charge if you were driving a truck full of the stuff with a body in the back, but in e.g. Florida it’s still up to 5 years for 20g plain possession.

https://www.findlaw.com/state/criminal-laws/marijuana-posses...

>ike all complex phenomena 1960s crime wave probably has many causes, but lead poisoning stands out

And the ones who didn't get sent to prison, stunt their career by being useless hippies or drive their muscle cars drunk so habitually that laws got passed are the current heads of most public and private institutions.

So things will likely improve a bit when those people age out as their replacements will likely be picked from an unleaded pool.

Bold of you to assume the "microplastic'd pool" will be any better