UK binge drinking 'at crisis levels'
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="slumped">slumped</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="wheelchairs">wheelchairs</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="barely">barely</span> <span word="conscious">conscious</span>, <span word="their">their</span> <span word="blond">blond</span> <span word="heads">heads</span> <span word="lolling">lolling</span> <span word="above">above</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="vomit">vomit</span> <span word="bags">bags</span> <span word="tied">tied</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="bibs">bibs</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="necks">necks</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="hour">hour</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="midnight">midnight</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="girls">girls</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="older">older</span> <span word="than">than</span> 18, <span word="are">are</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="wheeled">wheeled</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ambulance">ambulance</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="clinic">clinic</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="discreetly">discreetly</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dark">dark</span> <span word="alley">alley</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="London">London</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Soho">Soho</span> <span word="entertainment">entertainment</span> <span word="district">district</span>.</p><p><span word="They">They</span>'<span word="re">re</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="picked">picked</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ambulance">ambulance</span>, <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="booze">booze</span> <span word="bus">bus</span>", <span word="and">and</span> <span word="carried">carried</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="clinic">clinic</span>, <span word="both">both</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="dedicated">dedicated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="keeping">keeping</span> <span word="drunk">drunk</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="trouble">trouble</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="rooms">rooms</span>.</p><p><span word="Binge">Binge</span> <span word="drinking">drinking</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> <span word="crisis">crisis</span> <span word="levels">levels</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span>, <span word="health">health</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="say">say</span>, <span word="costing">costing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cash">cash</span>-<span word="strapped">strapped</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="Service">Service</span> 2.7 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="pounds">pounds</span> (<span word="US">US</span>$4.4 <span word="billion">billion</span>) <span word="a">a</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cost">cost</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="admissions">admissions</span> <span word="related">related</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="booze">booze</span>-<span word="fueled">fueled</span> <span word="violence">violence</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="longer">longer</span>-<span word="term">term</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="problems">problems</span>. <span word="Unlike">Unlike</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="threats">threats</span>, <span word="liver">liver</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rise">rise</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span>, <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="by">by</span> 25 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="decade">decade</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="causing">causing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="record">record</span> <span word="level">level</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="figures">figures</span>.</p><p><span word="Doctors">Doctors</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="rising">rising</span> <span word="obesity">obesity</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="combining">combining</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="drinking">drinking</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spike">spike</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="liver">liver</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="hitting">hitting</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="ever">ever</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Undoubtedly">Undoubtedly</span> <span word="professionals">professionals</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="seeing">seeing</span> <span word="more">more</span> (<span word="patients">patients</span>) <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="late">late</span>-20<span word="s">s</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="mid">mid</span>-30<span word="s">s</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="unusual">unusual</span> 20 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Chris">Chris</span> <span word="Day">Day</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="liver">liver</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="specialist">specialist</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Newcastle">Newcastle</span> <span word="University">University</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="headline">headline</span>-<span word="grabbing">grabbing</span> <span word="figures">figures</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="ever">ever</span>-<span word="younger">younger</span> <span word="liver">liver</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="victims">victims</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="seem">seem</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="suggest">suggest</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="quite">quite</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nation">nation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="raging">raging</span> <span word="alcoholics">alcoholics</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="tipple">tipple</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="is">is</span>, <span word="after">after</span> <span word="all">all</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nation">nation</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="ales">ales</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="pubs">pubs</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="default">default</span> <span word="venue">venue</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="gathering">gathering</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="quiet">quiet</span> <span word="date">date</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="after">after</span>-<span word="work">work</span> <span word="networking">networking</span>.</p>
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