The Rugby World Cup often involves heavy alcohol consumption. Reminders about the dangers of binge drinking.
- The Rugby World Cup leads to massive drinking.
- Binge drinking is dangerous for your health in the short and long term.
- Santé Publique France advises not to drink more than two glasses of alcohol per day, and not every day.
With the Rugby World Cup in full swing, the bars are saturated and alcohol flows freely at every match.
Binge drinking: short-term dangers
Faced with the numerous cases of massive alcoholism, let us remember on this occasion that significant intoxication encourages taking risks without the drinker really measuring their significance, therefore triggering potential falls, fights or even road accidents. .
“Heavy alcohol consumption induces a state of apathy and drowsiness, increasing vulnerability to the environment and reducing the ability to defend oneself or react in the event of a problem” can also be read on the government website Santé.fr.
Furthermore, drinking too much can lead to an alcoholic coma, which, if left untreated, can be fatal.
Binge drinking: long-term dangers
In the longer term, several studies on binge drinking have already demonstrated that this practice has harmful consequences on memory in the short and long term, reduces the growth of the brain of adolescents, increases blood pressure and destroys the liver.
Initially practiced among young French people of all social classes since the 2000s, binge drinking has now won over older people. According to a survey published in the journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 10.6% of seniors drink heavily at least once a month, an increase compared to previous studies carried out on the same subject (7.7% and 9%).
As a reminder, Santé Publique France advises not to drink more than two glasses of alcohol per day, and not every day.
