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"Pre-gaming" may lead heavier drinking, blackouts | Redux

"Pre-gaming" may lead heavier drinking, blackouts

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College students might "pre-game" to save a few bucks during a night out, but a new study says that could come at added costs to their health. A Swiss study has revealed that college-aged people who pre-drink before they go out tend to drink twice as much and have more negative consequences than those who only drink at event they attend. Pre-drinking -- also known as pre-gaming and pre-partying  -- is the act of consuming alcoholic beverages before heading out to another venue where there will be drinking, such as a sporting event, bar or club. Addiction specialists believe that 65 to 75 percent of young adults drink before they go out, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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0"Early on, be aware of your internal bodily sensations," Kenney said. "You're drinking lots of alcohol, so you don't have time to assess your level of intoxication."
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-0.148022"Pre-drinking is a pernicious drinking pattern that is likely to lead people to cumulate two normal drinking occasions - one off-premise followed by one on-premise - and generally results in excessive alcohol consumption," co-author Florian Labhart, a researcher at Addiction Switzerland, said ...
-0.121247"Pre-drinking is a pernicious drinking pattern that is likely to lead people to cumulate two normal drinking occasions - one off-premise followed by one on-premise - and generally results in excessive alcohol consumption," co-author Florian Labhart, a researcher at Addiction Switzerland, said in a press release. "Excessive consumption and adverse consequences are not simply related to the type of people who pre-drink, but rather to the practice of pre-drinking itself."
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Organization: Loyola Marymount University

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