Binge Drinking

Binge Drinking
The definition of binge drinking varies by country, but in the United States it means more than five drinks by a male, or four by a female, at a single occasion. Despite the increase in drinking-related deaths, teenagers still engage in binge drinking. In the 2003 report, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) stated that 30 percent of students in the twelfth grade admit to binge drinking in the past thirty days. Additionally, 1,825 student drinking-related deaths occurred in 2005, up from 1,440 in 1998.
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