Social costs of binge drinking

The Big Question in the Independent today concerns the perennial concerns over the economic and social fall out from binge drinking notably among adolescents which is said by senior police officers to have reached “epidemic proportions.” What is binge drinking? Apparently it is five or more drinks in one session for men and four or more drinks for women. Of course that depends on how one defines a ‘session’! I produced a powerpoint presentation on alcohol and de-merit goods a year or so ago and it is available in streamed format here. This BBC news av clip is also useful perhaps as an introduction to a lesson on the social consequences of binge drinking among the young.

Unit 1 Micro: De-Merit Goods [12 May 2012]
Unit 1 Micro: Ten Approaches to Curbing Binge Drinking [22 Feb 2012]
Drink, drink, more drink [21 Feb 2012]
AS Micro: Fast Food, Fat Profits - Obesity in the USA [1 May 2011]
Demerit good: Gaming [7 Dec 2010]
Diagio opposes minimum alcohol price [26 May 2010]
RES Essay Competition: Curbing Alcohol Consumption [12 Apr 2010]
Decision Time (Radio 4) - Government intervention and binge drinking [28 Jan 2010]
Alcohol information failure [13 Jan 2010]
Scots may lead the way in setting minimum price for alcohol [29 Sep 2009]

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