Binge drinking has been around forever, most of us including Mr (Strip Club) RUDD has binged. We enjoy a beer with our mates, even the former Governor General is encouraging us to Raise a Glass. Truth be known most of us like getting pissed and having fun with our friends . So why the elevation in violence?

Enter recreational drugs.  

Scenario: Lets call this person... Aussie, Aussie, Aussie    

Aussie, Mixes his own spirits at home before going out to a night club.
Aussie is Already Pissed as the nips have got bigger as the bottle empties.  (The nips are getting bigger) Australian Crawl 1980s yep 1980   Aussie does not know how much he has consumed as measured alcopops are now too expensive.  
Aussie attends a city location, he does NOT drive.  
Aussie goes to a night club (free country you're allowed too)  
Aussie takes a ecstasy pill then another, a line of speed some cocaine etc.  
Aussie is in lala land , so Jager bombs are a good idea, spends $60 on a round for his mates, Kevin07 is happy because the government has just made $24.00 (39%)   Aussie is having fun, the drugs have kicked in and home is the last place he wants to go.  He could not get there anyway, because its impossible to get a Taxi and there is no public transport.
Aussie, like most is well behaved, but one of his mates who has taken 4 pills and some ICE , by this stage is becoming aggressive.  
Aussies mate gets into a fight, and Aussie being an Aussie sticks up for his mates.
The polititions take the easy road and blame the alcohol, but binge drinking has been around for ever, and this extreme violence has not.  
Aussie, is not himself until the following Thursday.  A hangover usually lasts one day, a drug come down last three or four.    

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So why does Aussie do it, perhaps he needs to escape from the world for a while and get away from the crap that comes out of leaders mouths.