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Drinking in has always been a cultural norm in Australian society, and binge drinking dates back to the settler times, when working convicts would be partially paid in rum. Spirits were the most widely consumed alcoholic beverages in Australia, and early conservative estimates showed that in the 1830s, 13.6 litres of pure alcohol were consumed by each person in NSW The distribution of rum in the New South Wales Corps lead to the only successful armed takeover of an Australian government in history. This was later called the Rum Rebellion of 1808. In modern day Australia during the National Drug Strategy Household Survey, it was found that 7.3% of the Australian population drank alcohol every day. This love of alcohol was not always the case for Australia. In the 1830s the Temperance Movement gained a following in NSW. Its influence peaked during World War One, and during the Great Depression. Prohibition was adopted in the Australian Capital Territory between 1910 and 1928. Four referendums regarding the prohibition of alcohol were conducted in Western Australia between 1911 and 1950. == Modern Day Binge Drinking == Alcohol is widely consumed amongst all age groups and is usually available at social gatherings and cultural events. On a per capita scale, 10.3 litres of pure alcohol were consumed by each Australian every year. The world average amongst countries is 9.1 Litres. Research by the NDSHS shows that alcohol misuse costs Australia over $36 billion a year. According to the National Binge Drinking Campaign, on Young Australians and Alcohol, more than 20% of 14- to 19-year-olds consume alcohol on a weekly basis. in 2005 the Australian School Students' Alcohol and Drug Survey, found that 10% of 12-year-olds had consumed alcohol in the week prior to the survey, and by 17 years old, this had increased to 49%. Alcohol is a major contributing cause of violence in Australia. In 2006 more than three-quarters of a million Australians were abused by persons under the influence of alcohol, including 33,147 cases in NSW. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Binge drinking in Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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