USA Today’s National News has reported that binge drinking
activity kills six individuals per day and most of these are male. The binge
drinking occurring in a single binge can lead to alcohol poisoning. The Center
of Disease Control defines binge drinking as four or more drinks in about two
hours for women and five or more drinks it two hours for men. But, most binge
drinkers consumer more- up to 8 drinks or more. It’s not just college students
experiencing this binge drinking; 77% of deaths caused by alcohol poisoning
occurred among the ages of 35-64.
Why is binge drinking so harmful? When alcohol levels in the
blood are high enough to shut down control of the brain this impacts breathing,
heart rate and temperature.
“The number of drinks and the blood levels of alcohol that
put someone in danger vary greatly from person to person,” says Ryan Stanton,
an emergency physician in Lexington, KY.
Experiments and challenges should not be centered on alcohol;
this can put you or others at dangerous alcohol overdose levels. With lack of
responsibility, a fun time can turn into a series of physiological changes that
can lead to hospitalization or death.
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