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  2. Binge drinking - Wikipedia

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    In countries where binge drinking is commonplace, rates of sudden death on the weekend in young adults and middle aged people increase significantly. [63] The withdrawal phase after an episode of binge drinking is particularly associated with ischaemic stroke as well as subarachnoid haemorrhage and intracerebral haemorrhage in younger men.

  3. Younger people are drinking less alcohol. Here's why — and ...

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    Conversely, more adults are binge drinking than in the past. The findings line up with recent survey results from Gallup that found the percentages of 18- to 34-year-olds who say that they drink ...

  4. How to talk to your teen about binge drinking - AOL

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  5. Epidemiology of binge drinking - Wikipedia

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    The percent of adults who binge drink in the US in 2010 The average largest number of drinks consumed by binge drinkers on an occasion in the US in 2010. Despite having a legal drinking age of 21, binge drinking in the United States remains very prevalent among high school and college students. Using the popular 5/4 definition of "binge ...

  6. Alcoholism - Wikipedia

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    The risk of alcohol dependence begins at low levels of drinking and increases directly with both the volume of alcohol consumed and a pattern of drinking larger amounts on an occasion, to the point of intoxication, which is sometimes called binge drinking. Binge drinking is the most common pattern of alcoholism.

  7. The US has a binge drinking problem: A doctor talks ... - AOL

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    The American Addiction Centers says around 1 in 5 U.S. adults between the age of 20 and 49 die from causes related to excessive drinking. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says ...

  8. Drinking culture - Wikipedia

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    Binge drinking has more than one definition, but all definitions involve drinking to excess. [10] The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) defines binge drinking as a pattern of drinking alcohol that brings blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0.08 grams percent or above. For the typical adult, this pattern corresponds to ...

  9. Alcohol use among college students - Wikipedia

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    Underage drinking is when people below the legal drinking age consume alcohol. This fluctuates for every country: 21 in the United States, 18 in the United Kingdom. [7] Young adults who participate in binge drinking experience higher rates of physical and sexual assault, and unwanted, unplanned, and unprotected sexual activity. [8]