Editing Drinking game (section)

==Health concerns==
Drinking games are popular social activities, particularly among young adults and college students, but they come with significant health risks. These games often encourage rapid alcohol consumption, often leading to heavy drinking, which can result in severe consequences such as alcohol poisoning:
* [[Beer pong]]. Some writers have mentioned beer pong as contributing to "out of control" college drinking.<ref name="pmid23968169" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Granwehr |first=Meredith Austin |title=College Drinking: Out of Control |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |date=December 1, 2007 |url=https://www.courant.com/2004/10/10/out-of-control-8/ |access-date=2007-12-27 |archive-date=2011-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409165801/http://articles.courant.com/2004-10-10/news/0410100754_1_party-school-emergency-room-bigger-hospital |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Collins, Bob (January 8, 2008). [http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2008/01/sink_it_drink_it_1.shtml "Sink it. Drink it."] [[Minnesota Public Radio]].</ref>
* [[Power hour]]. Players may have difficulty completing the specified number of drinks as the rate of consumption can raise their [[blood alcohol content]] to high levels.<ref name="Reha">{{cite web
 |author=Bob Reha
 |date=May 26, 2004
 |title=21st Birthday is a Deadly One
 |url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2004/05/26_rehab_colldrink/
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 |author=Kate Zernike
 |date=March 12, 2005
 |title=A 21st-Birthday Drinking Game Can Be a Deadly Rite of Passage
 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DE0D8143CF931A25750C0A9639C8B63
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* [[Keg stand]] is another drinking game known for its extreme consumption style.<ref name="pmid23968169">{{cite journal |last1=Zamboanga |first1=BL |last2=Pearce |first2=MW |last3=Kenney |first3=SR |last4=Ham |first4=LS |last5=Woods |first5=OE |last6=Borsari |first6=B |title=Are "extreme consumption games" drinking games? Sometimes it's a matter of perspective. |journal=The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse |date=September 2013 |volume=39 |issue=5 |pages=275–9 |doi=10.3109/00952990.2013.827202 |pmid=23968169 |pmc=3884949}}</ref>
* [[Neknominate]]. The original rules of the game require the participants to film themselves drinking a pint of an alcoholic beverage. Five people are believed to have died as a result of playing the game, including a Cardiff man thought to have downed a pint of vodka,<ref name="metro">{{cite news | url=http://metro.co.uk/2014/02/10/two-british-men-killed-by-neknominate-drink-dares-4298841/ | title=Two British men killed by NekNominate drink dares | work=Metro | date=10 February 2014 | access-date=11 February 2014 | author=Tahir, Tariq}}</ref> and a London hostel worker who reportedly mixed an entire bottle of white wine with a quarter bottle of whisky, a small bottle of vodka and a can of lager.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://metro.co.uk/2014/02/10/hostel-receptionist-20-becomes-first-briton-to-die-after-neknomination-dare-4297430/ | title=British hostel receptionist dies after NekNomination dare | work=Metro | date=10 February 2014 | access-date=1 August 2014}}</ref> In the latter case, the victim's nominator was interviewed by police, but it was ruled an accidental death without coercion.<ref>{{cite news|title=Neknominate victim Issac Richardson drank 30 units in two minutes|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29821409|access-date=29 October 2014|work=BBC News|date=29 October 2014}}</ref>