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to see who can end up in hospital first.
The shocking contest only ends when one student either vomits or has to seek medical attention. Participants have been branded “suicidal idiots” by health experts, who warned they could be inflicting lasting liver damage on themselves. The students, from the University of Manchester’s Owens Park halls of residence, knocked back pints of a strong home-made green concoction they called “The Hulk”. The cocktail, which is mixed in a bucket, contains 12 litres of liquid made of one part vodka and two parts of the alcopop WKD, blended with an energy drink. It contains almost 100 units of alcohol – four times the recommended maximum weekly allowance for a man. Professor Roger Williams, who treated alcoholic football legend George Best before his death in 2005, called on the government to take further action to stop the rise in binge drinking among young people.
He said: “These kids are bloody idiots. They reflect the disturbing attitude our society has to alcohol. The government must tackle this huge problem now.”
In another game called ‘The Tower’, students down spirits on every floor of their 21-storey halls of residence in Fallowfield. A student who takes a shot of sambuca on all 21 floors, followed by a double shot of absinthe, is seen vomiting into a bucket in front of his laughing friends. Footage on the Internet follows a group of 12 – seven male and five female – as they play the game in November, chanting: “We hate brain cells.”
One student, who did not wish to be named, said: “There is a dreadful culture of drinking to excess. People don’t stop until they end up in accident and emergency.” – Daily Mail.