Binge drinking Britain!

Binge drinking has been blamed for the rise in violent attacks leading to treatment at hospital. Last year the number of assults was 351,468 of which 15,376 were by women - a rise of 10%. The fear is that it is more of a laddette culture and that women are now pushing their limits to keep up with men. The law that allows 24 hour drinking has obviously not worked. It was hoped that it would stop a big flood a drunken people spilling out onto the streets at once, when all it has done is give the green light for people to drink themselves into a stuper all day every day if they want to! it's distressing as I enjoy going out, yet I feel the need to be careful in case some drunken idiot decides that I am looking at them in the wrong way! The strain on the NHS from assults due to binge drinking is a present problem, the long-term problem is the effect binge drinking has on the body. It can lead to cirrhosis of the liver, damage to the brain, high blood pressure, muscle disease and heart failure to name a few. The increase of binge drinkers - especially youngsters - will have a drastic effect on the NHS, resources are already being wasted when having to deal with people who have simply drank too much and have passed out,or, have had too much and punched someone out! Sadly the government seem to think that putting up the price of alcohol will help solve the problem (just like with ciggarettes) it does not matter because people who want to drink (smoke) to excess will do so regardless, when I was a teenager me and my mates would pool our dinner money to buy drink and fags! Unfortunately I think the only way to try and kerb it is through knowledge. More needs to be done to educate people from an early age as to the dangers of alcohol, teachers and parents need to drum the message home to kids, then all you can do is step back and hope they have took notice. There is nothing more you can do.

http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/Mosby_factsheets/alcohol_abuse.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1172428/Binge-drinking-flooding-casualty-crime-victims.html