To what extent is youth violence‚ crimes and anti-social behaviour linked to youths binge drinking. Binge drinking can be defined as an excessive consumption of alcohol within a short period of time to get drunk. This essay will focus on how youth violence‚ crime and anti-social behaviour is linked to youths binge drinking. It is widely known that the youths in United Kingdom start drinking at an early stage of their lives. Talbot and Crabbe (n.d.) state that “government statistics suggest that…
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said "One college fraternity pledge‚ for example died after a seven hour drinking binge and approximately 24 drinks. His blood alcohol level was measured at 0.58‚ which was six times the legally establish limit to drive a vehicle (Cohen‚ 1997)." I proceeded into looking up the references which was about Cohen A. (1997‚ September 8) Battle of the Binge‚ time‚ pp. 54-56. The article was about college students and binge drinking. I realized that from the moment freshmen set foot on campus‚ they are steeped
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Binge drinking is a significant health problem in Australia. Binge drinking is defined as ‘drinking heavily over a short period of time with the intention of becoming intoxicated‚ resulting in immediate and severe intoxication’(Australian Drug Foundation‚ 2016). The effect of binge drinking can be harmful in the short and long term. Jennison‚ (2004) states that binge drinking short term effect on individual include blurred vision‚ coma and death and long-term effect include health problems such as
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glorified‚ full of consequence-free fun. What is often forgotten is the dangers and the repercussions of the binge drinking that these college students are taking part in. According to the Addiction Center around two out of five college students reported binge drinking at least once in the previous two weeks. Binge drinking is defined by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism as drinking which leads to the drinker’s blood alcohol concentration level rising to
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What is Binge Drinking? Binge Drinking is seen as drinking alcohol‚ just to get drunk‚ and without a specific purpose. It is also seen as drinking multiple shots per hour. What Are the External Causes of Binge Drinking? Some harsh external causes of binge drinking are: * 21% of 11-15 year olds‚ drink alcohol * 6.4 Billion is the overall cost lost to productivity every year * 5 is the legal age for consuming alcohol with parental consent What are Taxes? It’s a V.A.T (or GVP in
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Even though the legal age for drinking is 21‚ substance abuse is still relatively high for adolescences. According to the text book‚ only about 20% of U.S. college students stay away from alcohol. The college students in the 90% who drink‚ might even be binge drinking. Basically‚ binge drinking is when an individual has five or more drinks in a row‚ it’s not just regular drinking. Also‚ extreme binge drinking is when an individual has 10 or more drinks in a row. However‚ the book does state that
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Introduction The British Medical Association (2005) defines binge drinking as heavy drinking over an evening or similar time span – sometimes also referred to as heavy episodic drinking. Binge drinking is often associated with drinking with the intention of becoming intoxicated and‚ sometimes‚ with drinking in large groups. Binge drinking is a large problem in the UK. According to BBC News (2003)‚ binge drinking is costing the NHS around £1.7 billion a year. In addition‚ 17
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Negative Effects of Binge Drinking The consumption of alcohol at an unhealthy and dangerous rate has a profound long term effect on the abuser. In particular‚ consuming enough alcohol to reach a blood alcohol content level measuring .200 can result in a major drop in inhibition which can lead to careless and illegal behavior. Often in social situations excess drinking is accompanied by a misunderstanding of sexual consent‚ leaThe ding to frequent violations of one’s personal well-being. The body
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unplanned sexual activity all have in common? They are all frequent results of binge drinking by college students. On a typical Friday or Saturday night you can find the average college student out drinking and having fun. Normally partying with friends at a party‚ bar‚ or club; most of these college students are underage consuming excessive amounts of alcohol‚ or as its better known‚ “binge drinking.”The term binge drinking is defined as the consumption of five or more drinks in a row by men and four
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heard the terms boozing‚ drinking to get drunk‚ sloshed‚ tanked‚ tipsy‚ tooted‚ and hammered. But have you ever really thought about what you were saying when you used these terms. You were saying that all that you did the night before was binge drink. Binge drinking on college campuses is something that has grown to an all time high but who’s to blame? All too often we have heard the horror stories of how kids are getting behind the wheel of a car after a night of binge drinking‚ and end up killing everyone
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