Binge drinking has reached crisis levels in Britain, health experts say, costing the cash-strapped National Health Service 2.7 billion pounds (US$4.4 billion) a year, including the cost of hospital admissions related to booze-fueled violence and longer-term health problems. Unlike all other major health threats, liver disease is on the rise in Britain, increasing by 25 percent in the last decade and causing a record level of deaths, according to recent government figures.
Doctors believe rising obesity is combining with heavy drinking to fuel the spike in liver disease, which is hitting more young people than ever.
Let’s go get some Newcastle! ;)
I thought us Americans were the only ones not able to handle their liquor?? Guess not. I get shit from my British...
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Give us a society where we don’t feel the need to drink heavily and I’m sure we’ll stop
There’s this show that was on BBC America that was cameras following someone on their night out and then showing them...
Binge drinking has reached crisis levels in Britain, health experts say, costing the cash-strapped National Health...
HAHA no shit, British drinking culture is beyond ridiculous. But i like it this way.