Ireland facing the fallout of a ‘drink to get drunk’ culture

HEALTH and support services for alcoholics will come under unprecedented pressure as the fallout from excessive and binge drinking begins in the next 10 to 20 years, an expert has warned.

The increasing ‘drink to get drunk’ culture will have major, long-term consequences, according to one of Ireland’s authorities on alcohol abuse and addiction, Rolande Anderson.

The director of the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) Alcohol Project is in Waterford Institute of Technology today to launch a teaching workbook to accompany a 10-minute film on the perils of binge drinking produced by a group of students and staff at the college.