64% of young people at Schoolies Week on the Gold Coastin 2010...

64% of young people at Schoolies Week on the Gold Coastin 2010 drank more than 10 drinks a night

>$1B the cost of alcohol abuse to the NSW economy each year

Almost 70% of juveniles in custody were intoxicated at the time of their offense

70% of after-dark calls for police assistance are alcohol related

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/booze-and-youth-make-violent-cocktail-20131220-2zqk2.html

I truly don't get binge drinking ... I don't get why parents and health authorities aren't warning endlessly of early liver damage ... I don't get why the young people themselves aren't concerned about their own safety and well being when out on the town given the relentless press every weekend about alcohol fuelled violence and deaths.

I can have 1-2 drinks and feel great ... if I had 6 I swear I'd feel lousy and want to throw up ... well, thats what happened last time I tried that about 30 years ago.

Dex