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On January 6, 2015, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).

Kimberly Brinker, MSN, MPH1,2, Margaret Lumia, PhD3, Karl V. Markiewicz, PhD4, Mary Anne Duncan, DVM4, Chad Dowell, MS2, Araceli Rey, MPH2, Jason Wilken, PhD1, Alice Shumate, PhD1,3, Jamille Taylor, MPH4, Renée Funk, DVM2 (Author affiliations at end of text).

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The video explores the health risks of BINGE DRINKING ? including unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, injury, car crashes, violence and HIV/AIDS ? and discusses effective community prevention strategies such as increasing alcohol excise taxes. The video also features experts who debunk common myths including the belief that BINGE DRINKING is only a problem among youth. For more information on this topic visit http://www.cdc.gov/VitalSigns/BingeDrinking Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://www.cdc.gov/CDCTV/BingeDrinking

Excessive alcohol use, including underage drinking and binge drinking (drinking 5 or more drinks during a single occasion for men or 4 or more drinks during a single occasion for women), is responsible for 80,000 deaths and 2.3 million years of potential life lost in the U.S. each year, and cost the United States $223.5 billion in 2006 or about $1.90 per drink. This powerful session of Public Health Grand Rounds explored the public health impact of excessive alcohol use and evidence-based strategies to prevent it, with specific attention to the role that state and local public health agencies play in addressing this important public health problem. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://www.cdc.gov/about/grand-rounds/archives/2012/March2012.htm

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