There is a sobering study out today on just how many people are ending up in Ontario emergency rooms because of excessive drinking.
Researchers found a disproportionate spike in the numbers of women and young people.
Between 2003 and 2016, the rate of alcohol-related E-R visits by women rose by 86 per cent, compared with 53 per cent for men.
The rate of alcohol-related E-R visits spiked by 175 per cent for people between the ages of 25 and 29, and the change was even more pronounced among young women in that age group, who saw an increase of 240 per cent.