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Binge Drinking in Teens and Young Adults

By Diana Zuckerman PhD, Padma Ravichandran, and Elly Field, National Center for Health Research

Binge drinking is defined for men as drinking 5 or more drinks in a row (in 2 hours or less), and 4 or more drinks for women. Young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 consume the most alcohol on average when they binge drink (about 9 drinks in a two-hour period), but high school kids are also very likely to binge when they drink.

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