Student’s Name Professor’s Name Subject Date Binge Drinking: Be the Influence Late Friday evening‚ one of the notorious streets in downtown Adelaide‚ South Australia is bubbling with nightlife. Loud and obviously far from sober crowds of teenagers are venturing from one nightclub to another. One should drive carefully as they jay-walk across the street‚ oblivious to the traffic. “Happy hours” are on; alcohol is cheap‚ in particular different pre-mixed drinks full of artificial sweeteners
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Mistral W‚ Bengry-Howell A‚ Weale L‚ & Hackley C. (2008). Re-framing ’binge drinking’ as calculated hedonism: empirical evidence from the UK. International Journal of Drug Policy. 19(5)‚ 359-66. Overview: The main aim of this study was to put forward a new meaning to the phrase “binge drinking” when connected to young consumers of alcohol in the UK. The study tries to show the difference between the definitions of binge drinking and calculated hedonism‚ which refers to a process of controlling alcohol
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Binge Drinking Binge drinking is a style of drinking generally identified as having five or more drinks in a row for men‚ and four or more drinks in a row for women. This amount is said to typically be the standard for the average adult to be legally drunk. There are many factors that combine to determine how alcohol affects each person; these include: gender‚ weight‚ food consumption‚ and genetics. In most cases‚ females will take longer to metabolize alcohol and therefore will have a higher BAC
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still drink alcohol? Teenagers are particularly vulnerable to the influences of peer pressure and pop culture‚ and may be inclined to experiment. However all these choices may have a negative impact on their long term health and well being. Binge drinking is the practice of consuming large quantities of alcohol in a single session‚ usually defined as five or more drinks at one time for a
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The serious impact of binge drinking has so many different aspects to it. The researchers stated that binge drinking have a big impact on college students who are freshmen because most of them are not aware of the effects of binge drinking can have on college students. This is a major problem‚ because there are a lot of negative impact binge drinking can have on one’s life. When it is taken lightly it occurs more frequently‚ but many students are not aware of it. The researchers reviewed over literature
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Castañeda August 3‚ 2011 HSC 421 Prof. Garrido Binge Drinking Among College Students With extreme rates of binge drinking among young adults‚ college students continue to be a primary focus for a range of alcohol prevention efforts. The rates of binge drinking among college students is nearly double the rates for high school students‚ which may indicate that the college environment encourages high risk drinking. Many students view heavy drinking as a rite of passage that everyone must go through
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December 05‚ 2011 Binge Drinking Among College Students and Consequences Audience-(Student Fraternity and College Administrators) Binge drinking is a problem that has continued to have a toll on the lives of college students despite efforts by the government and school administrators to curb the trend. Many studies have been conducted to reveal the facts behind binge drinking in colleges and campuses. It is clear that for the problem of binge drinking in colleges to be resolved‚ it must
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Effects of Binge Drinking 1) Introduction What is binge drinking? Binge drinking means a large amount of alcohol consumed in a short period of time. The purpose of this research paper is to highlight the issue of binge drinking on the rise among the youths. It will also explain the causes‚ such as peer pressure and stress‚ and the effects‚ long and short term health issues and alcohol related harms(Health Promotion Board‚ 2012). This paper will also provide some suggested solutions for binge drinking
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Underage drinking is a serious widespread health problem in the United States and is a widely used substance of abuse. Underage drinking is also associated with binge drinking. This poses enormous health and safety risks and the consequences can affect everyone and this mostly affects people from 12-20. Binge drinking is very risky and can lead to further drug abuses and addiction‚ brain damage‚ irrational and ignorant‚ and more importantly‚ your health. This is why young teens should not drink
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College Binge Drinking The drinking age for the United States is a highly debated topic. When my parents were younger the drinking age was 18. In 1984‚ the drinking age was changed and increased to 21. There have been many politicians arguing about this topic and there will always be no matter what happens to the legal age to consume alcohol. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)‚ argue to keep the drinking age as it is. They claim that decreasing the drinking age will increase the number of
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