Ireland tops the table of 25 countries for people drinking at home before going on a night out — with more than four out of five surveyed engaging in “pre-drinking”.
Research conducted by a team of international academics puts Ireland in fourth place for the prevalence of heavy drinkers.
The findings, published in Drug and Alcohol Review, said that pre-drinking, also known as “pre-loading”, was linked with heavier drinking and negative alcohol-related consequences.
Alcohol Action Ireland said the survey confirmed that for many Irish people pre-drinking was part of “drinking to get drunk”.
The study was conducted in 25 countries — comprising 18 European states, along with the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Mexico and Colombia — using data from the Global Drugs Survey (GDS) 2015.
Source: Cormac O'Keeffe, The Irish Examiner, 22/03/17
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