Student Binge Drinking Linked to Brain Damage, Injuries
28 July 2011
University students drinking beer at a pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts
MARIO RITTER: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.
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But, first, we have a report on the effects of binge drinking on the brains of young adults.
Binge Drinking and the Brain
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YOUNG ADULTS: “I’ve been drinking since I was eighteen.” “I drank about ten drinks, I’d say.”
MARIO RITTER: New studies are looking at the damage that heavy use of alcohol can cause in young people. Christopher Cruise has our story.
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: The National Institute on Drug Abuse says forty-two percent of young adults in America have taken part in what is known as binge drinking. The experts define that as drinking four to five drinks within about two hours.
Tim McQueeny is a researcher in the Psychology Department at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio. He is studying how binge drinking affects the brains of young people.
TIM MCQUEENY: “The peak years of alcohol use are during the years when the brains are still developing, especially eighteen to twenty-five when substance use, such as binge drinking, is most prevalent.”
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