‘There is a dangerous increasing pattern of binge drinking. It impacts on every organ in the body,’ State Pathologist warns
The small group then went to a fast-food drive-through at about 11.30pm and ate chicken nuggets in the car park before going back to one of their homes. They had a few cocktails and did shots while playing the card came 21.
They rushed him to hospital by car the following morning when they realised he was having difficulty breathing. Dr Bolster said that she had recorded a blood-alcohol level of 275mg per litre in the young man at postmortem. However, as he had stopped drinking many hours before his condition significantly worsened she indicated that it was fair to conclude that it had probably been at a level of 300mg per litre at one point in the night.
Dr Bolster said that the body can process just one unit of alcohol per hour. She warned that that binge drinking can damage the white matter of the brain while also leading to death in certain cases.
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