Binge drinking is a growing public health crisis − a neurobiologist explains how research on alcohol use disorder has shifted || by Nikki Crowley || The Conversation

"...Roughly 1 in 5 U.S. adults report binge drinking at least once a week, with an average of seven drinks per binge episode. This is well over the amount of alcohol thought to produce legal intoxication, commonly defined as a blood alcohol concentration over 0.08% – on average, four drinks in two hours for women, five drinks in two hours for men. More at The Conversation ➜