Additional Issues and Trends

Binge Drinking

Definition: ‘drinking heavily over a short space of time’.² Another way of thinking about it is ‘drinking to get drunk’.

More than 8 units of alcohol in a single session for males, or more than 6 units in a single session for females is the technical definition.³ That’s equivalent to about four pints of normal strength beer for a man or three pints for a woman.

[2] NHS website. Alcohol misuse (Accessed 30 March 2022). Available at: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/alcohol-misuse/

[3] Office for National Statistics. (2018). Adult drinking habits in Great Britain, 2017 [dataset]. Accessed 30 June 2022. Available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/drugusealcoholandsmoking/bulletins/opinionsandlifestylesurveyadultdrinkinghabitsingreatbritain/2017

Drugged Driving

Drugged driving is driving a vehicle while impaired due to the intoxicating effects of recent drug use. It can make driving a car unsafe—just like driving after drinking alcohol. Drugged driving puts the driver, passengers, and others who share the road at serious risk.

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