If you’ve been to a party lately and haven’t seen someone drinking a BORG, you’re likely not partying with college students. As the drink’s name suggests, “it’s intended to get you extremely drunk.”What Lembke calls the BORG’s “social contagion factor” makes it even more dangerous. Thinking along those lines is part of what makes BORGs potentially dangerous to the people turning to them as a party drink, Lembke said. Virginia said she recognizes the dangers of drinking BORGs. Depending on the alcohol quantity in the mix, drinking a BORG “totally overwhelms the capacity of the liver to metabolize it,” especially for somebody who’s not already tolerant to alcohol, Lembke said.

Source: CNN May 21, 2024 13:06 UTC