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Binge drinkers think they can drive drunk
"Binge drinkers are individuals who, when they drink, typically drink to get drunk," first author Cecile A. Marczinski of Northern Kentucky University said in a statement.
Twemty male and 20 female social-drinking college students -- 24 binge drinkers, 16 non-binge drinkers -- ages 21 to 29 participated in the study. All participants attended two sessions: one during which they received a moderate dose of alcohol, 0.65 g/kg, and one during which they received a placebo.
Following each session/dose, researchers measured the students' performance during a simulated driving task, and also measured their subjective responses, including ratings of sedation, stimulation and driving abilities.
"After being given an intoxicating dose of alcohol, all of these individuals -- both binge and non-binge drinkers -- were very poor drivers when tested on a driving simulator," Marczinski said. "However, when all of the participants are asked to rate their driving ability, the binge drinkers reported that they had a greater ability to drive compared to the non-binge drinkers."
The findings are scheduled to be published in the July issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research and is available online.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 05/12/2008
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05-14-2008 07:38
G. Good wrote:
Binge Drinkers
I wish there was something that could be done to stop all that are young, old, college, non college, so on and so forth from drinking and driving. My stupid husband that I am thankfully seperated from thinks it is ok to drink and drive and I get totally irritated when he tries to tell me about disciplining kids and what is legal and not legal, yet thinks nothing of drinking and driving. I wish they had a cop posted at every store so they could get busted.
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