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Consuming a large amount of alcohol in a single sitting poses acute risks (e.g., impaired driving, injury, memory blackouts, alcohol poisoning) and long-term risks (e.g., alterations to the developing brain, disease, development of alcohol use disorders; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2015). Research regarding very high quantities of alcohol consumption by youth in the U.S. is an emerging area of research (e.g., The goal of this commentary is to highlight potential next steps for research on high-intensity alcohol use.
Megan E. Patrick (Mon,) studied this question.