Teen binge drinking is major concern, says NDC
(CNS): In the wake of the recent results of the student drug survey, the National Drug Council executive director says one of the major concerns for the organisation is the issue of binge drinking, which can be more dangerous to the individuals and society as a whole than even persistent heavy drinking. Although the NDC said the decline in the number of young people using drugs or alcohol was positive data to report, the evidence of an increase in binge drinking among students that were using drugs and drink poses significant risks. The survey found that students having had a drinking session where they had more than five drinks in one sitting had double compared to previous research.
32.1% of students in 2010 admitted a binge drinking session two weeks before the survey compared to 15.2% in the 2006 research. While overall alcohol use in Cayman was lower when compared to research conducted in Canada and the US, when it came to binging Cayman kids were drinking more heavily than their North American counterparts. While 5% of eighth graders in Canada admitting binging and 8% in the US, 22% of kids in 8th grade here in Cayman said they were binge drinking.
“The NDC does have concerns in regards to alcohol use and binge drinking as we know binge drinking poses significant risk to the body and to society as a whole,” the executive director of the NDC Joan West-Dacres said about the findings.
She said that expert studies have revealed that it's not chronic heavy drinkers who have the highest risk of alcohol-related injuries but moderate drinkers who sometimes drink heavily who are more like to suffer injuries, especially while they are drinking. Research reveals that at highest risk in both sexes are those who usually consume moderately but sometimes binge drink.
The NDC also noted that according to the centre for disease control and prevention binge drinking is associated with many health problems, from sexually transmitted diseases to a catalogue of cardiovascular diseases. Un-intential injuries, sexual assault, domestic violence, unintended pregnancy are all associate with binge drinking as well as the obvious issues of alcohol poisoning, liver disease and aggravation of diabetes.
West-Dacres stated that the key to addressing the issue lay with education. “We know that the more awareness and education that is provided, students have a greater opportunity to make better choices,” she said.
To keep young people off drugs (including drink) there needs to be “vigorous, ongoing and comprehensive education and prevention programmes in our schools and in our communities” to provide families, groups and organisations with the information to help young people make healthy choices. “Children should be provided with age appropriate materials and information from a very young age,” the executive director added.
Category: Health
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The polar bear shrugs "I was born with them"
i didn't start drinking till i was 18….big regret of mine, I wish i started earlier!
I can see you have no brains in your head. I think the parents of the indiviudals that got killed by drunk teenagers or killed themselves, wished their teenagers thought about drinking. Of course there are adults who do the same, but afterall they are adults. You are an a…..h……
aye…it that time of the year again… time for a 'teen drinking' headline…. the ndc definitly to a god job of being busy looking busy….
First of all, it is a problem that has been around since I was a teenager (20 odd years ago) it really isn't a new problem.
Secondly, it isn't a problem isolated to Cayman, it is a problem all over the world
Thirdly,even the kids that grow up with the right supervision, morals and values will eventually drink, get drunk, or have at least one "binge drinking session". It is called the teenage rebellios years and caving in to peer pressure.
Lastly, stop saying there is good news because there is a decline in drug use. Instead, face the fact that there is an increase of kids lying on those surveys.
How do you "binge drink" with light beer? Jungle Juice is where its at!
Is that what the kids are drinking these days? Lights beers? They should be ashamed of themselves. Back in the day when kids knew how to party we would ride the Train and fly the Bird.
These kids are slackers.
Love that stuff.
This is simply the tip of the iceberg, these kids learn their drinking habits at home and alcohol is a huge problem within the country.
actually, a huge problem in the world
It's not a problem here thank goodness – there's plenty to drink here, and not that light beer crap either! Anyway…
My friends used to say I had a drinking problem, but as soon as I got new friends it went away!
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.
Twas a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
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A man walked in to a bar, ouch.
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OK, that was uncalled for… sorry.
That is what your mamma said but she seemed to love it anyway.
It has been said time and time again, over and over again…..minors are getting into clubs and drinking, parents leave their minors having a party at their house with no supervision. It starts somewhere doesn't it???? Where are they getting the alcohol?????? From home? From the clubs and of course friends who are of age to drink….but parents really need to step up on where their underage child is after hours…..