{"id":561587,"date":"2023-03-09T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-margin-tiktok-trend-university-issues-warning-about-borg-drinking-as-ambulance-calls-mount\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T17:30:00","slug":"the-margin-tiktok-trend-university-issues-warning-about-borg-drinking-as-ambulance-calls-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-margin-tiktok-trend-university-issues-warning-about-borg-drinking-as-ambulance-calls-mount\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Margin: TikTok trend: University issues warning about \u2018borg\u2019 drinking as ambulance calls mount"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36dc75bf849\" 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ambulances were recently called in response to student intoxication at the University of Massachusetts<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-margin-tiktok-trend-university-issues-warning-about-borg-drinking-as-ambulance-calls-mount\/#Weston_Blasi\" >Weston Blasi<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_Margin_TikTok_trend_University_issues_warning_about_%E2%80%98borg_drinking_as_ambulance_calls_mount%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The Margin: TikTok trend: University issues warning about \u2018borg\u2019 drinking as ambulance calls mount&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"At_least_28_ambulances_were_recently_called_in_response_to_student_intoxication_at_the_University_of_Massachusetts\"><\/span>\n  At least 28 ambulances were recently called in response to student intoxication at the University of Massachusetts<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" data-nosnippet>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap crawler\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0001767281\" role=\"document\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"\n                inline\" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetArticleReader\n              \n              inline\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetArticleReader\n              article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-object-article-reader\">\n<div class=\"audioplayer\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0001767281\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Listen to Article\" tabindex=\"-1\" id=\"articlereader\" data-show-title=\"false\" data-theme=\"wsj-article-reader\" data-show-header=\"false\" data-show-subscribe=\"false\" data-ads-enabled=\"true\" data-save-publication=\"false\">\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       The University of Massachusetts has issued a warning against a new drinking fad that has gone viral on TikTok after at least 28 ambulances were called in response to student intoxication.<\/p>\n<p> The new trend is \u201cborgs,\u201d short for \u201cblackout rage gallons,\u201d which are a mix of liquor, electrolyte packets and water dispensed from gallon jugs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       \u201cThe Amherst Fire Department (AFD) said they handled requests for 28 ambulance transports, prompting mutual aid and a task force activation for additional resources,\u201d the university said in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umass.edu\/news\/article\/media-update-umass-town-amherst-5-pm\" class=\"icon none\">statement<\/a> last week. \u201cAFD said none of the cases were life threatening. Students gathered in a number of locations in town and joint planning minimized large-scale disturbances. Amherst Police and UMass Police reported two arrests for underage possession of alcohol and responded to numerous calls for service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The borg trend has gone viral as a less expensive way to make drinks at home, with  drinkers often writing comedic messages and puns like \u201cBorger King\u201d or \u201cBorgan Wallen\u201d on their jugs.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/borg\" class=\"icon none\">#borg <\/a>hashtag\u00a0has amassed over 84 million views on TikTok.<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n                \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetTiktok\n            inline\n    scope-web|mobileapps\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetTiktok\n            article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__tiktok\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@super.chill.kels\/video\/7196717993739619630\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       UMass officials said that this is the first time the university has seen  widespread use of borgs at off-campus parties and that it is looking for ways to curtail their use in the future. The school also says it will \u201cconsider steps to improve alcohol education and intervention, and communicate with students and families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> TikTok\u2019s new screen-time limit for teens: How it works, and how to get around it<\/p>\n<p>George F. Koob, the director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism at the National Institutes of Health, said during an interview with \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/wellness\/story\/university-warns-borg-drinking-trend-after-28-ambulances-97654076\" class=\"icon none\">Good Morning America<\/a>\u201d that the borg trend can easily lead to students drinking too much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless you\u2019re the one that mixed the borg and you know exactly how much alcohol you\u2019re dispensing, it\u2019s probably easy to overdo it,\u201d Koob said. \u201cThe flavorant can mask some of the effects of alcohol, and caffeine itself can mask some of the effects of alcohol, so sometimes then you don\u2019t even know or realize how much you\u2019ve been drinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 25% of U.S. adults engage in\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/70\/wr\/pdfs\/mm7041a2-H.pdf\" class=\"icon none\">binge drinking<\/a> at least weekly and that binge drinking is responsible for over 40% of the deaths due to excessive alcohol use in the country. The CDC defines binge drinking as consuming four or more drinks on a single occasion for a woman, or at least five drinks on a single occasion for a man.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>Last week, many UMass students attended gatherings for \u201cBlarney Blowout,\u201d an annual pre-St. Patrick\u2019s Day holiday that typically features lots of drinking. Dozens of borg-related calls for medical assistance occurred during those festivities, according to a report from the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2023\/03\/04\/metro\/blarney-blowout-celebrations-amherst-send-28-hospitals-alcohol-intoxication-saturday-officials-say\/\" class=\"icon none\">Boston Globe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The borg trend has gained steam a few weeks before St. Patrick\u2019s Day, a popular drinking holiday across the U.S. and particularly in the Boston area.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>    <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Weston Blasi\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"bio\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/author\/weston-blasi\",\"text\":\"Biography\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"email\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/mailto:weston.blasi@dowjones.com\",\"text\":\"weston.blasi@dowjones.com\"}]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Weston_Blasi\"><\/span>Weston Blasi<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><ufc-follow-author-widget product=\"marketwatch\" author-id=\"203_MW\" author-name=\"Weston Blasi\" signin-url=\"https:\/\/accounts.marketwatch.com\/login?target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketwatch.com%2Fstory%2Ftiktok-trend-university-issues-warning-about-borg-drinking-as-ambulance-calls-mount-e27de434%3Frss%3D1%26siteid%3Drss\" panda-api=\"https:\/\/follow-api.marketwatch.com\"><\/ufc-follow-author-widget><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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