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Alcohol is the second largest cause of drug-related deaths and hospitalisations in Australia. Excessive drinking can on a single occasion (known as ‘binge drinking’) can have a significant wide-reaching impact on the health, safety and wellbeing of individuals and the community. Alcohol intoxication can result in serious harms such as violence and crime, injury such as road crashes, drowning, suicides, falls and sexually transmitted diseases. Heavy alcohol consumption over the long-term increases the risk of developing cancer, liver, heart and brain damage, depression and alcohol dependence. To reduce the risks associated with drinking it is recommended to drink at low-risk levels. This means:
Mixing alcohol and other drugs is dangerous, as the effects can be increased or the result of mixing can be unknown. Mixing also increases the possibility of overdose or accidents. Links Factsheets |
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