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Monday 8 March 2010

Binge drinking.






Binge drinking generally means drinking several alcoholic drinks in a row over a short period of time often with the intention of getting drunk.
I can’t stand it the way teenagers drink to much alcohol. In my opinion believe that binge drinking is very dangerous. Especially for teenage girls if your drunk and out of your head there is so many things that could happen to you for example you could get raped, you could get run over by a car binge drinking can also lead to liver problems.
According to the BBC news website in 2002 a report suggested Binge drinking is a significant problem among teenagers.
Up to a quarter of 13 and 14-year-olds claimed to have "downed" at least five alcoholic drinks in a single session. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1913574.stm.
according to a government report Britain's binge drinking culture is costing the country £20 billion a year. (BBC news 2003) The annual cost to employers is estimated to be £6.4 billion while the cost to the NHS is in the region of £1.7bn.
Billions more are spent clearing up alcohol-related crime and social problems.
In my opinion i don’t think teenagers know how much binge drinking is costing the government. According to the BBC news website Alcohol-related accidents and illnesses land around 150,000 people in hospital each year. I don’t think young people know the effects drinking has on their body. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3121440.stm.

I also don’t think that they know how much binge drinking affects the body. Binge drinking regularly places stress on the liver and may lead to alcoholic liver disease, including alcoholic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis. Frequent binge drinking can also increase the risk of Skin problems, Birth defects in children born to women who drink heavily during pregnancy, Lung, stomach and intestinal problems and Kidney problems. http://alcohol-abuse.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_health_effects_of_binge_drinking.

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