Binge drinking is associated with many health problems, 8–10 including the following:

• ◾Unintentional injuries such as car crashes, falls, burns, and alcohol poisoning.
• ◾Violence including homicide, suicide, intimate partner violence, and sexual assault.
• ◾Sexually transmitted diseases.
• ◾Unintended pregnancy and poor pregnancy outcomes, including miscarriage and stillbirth.
• ◾Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
• ◾Sudden infant death syndrome.
• ◾Chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease, and liver disease.
• ◾Cancer of the breast, mouth, throat, esophagus, liver, and colon.
• ◾Memory and learning problems.
• ◾Alcohol use disorders.