One study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows that 42 percent of young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 have participated in binge drinking. (Fuller 1) Some likely effects of binge-drinking include long-term brain damage. During a study conducted by Tim McQueeny, a doctoral student in the UC Department of Psychology, found evidence in the brains of 29 people who frequently binge-drink on the weekend that there was “cortical-thinning of the pre-frontal cortex, the section of the brain related to executive functioning such as paying attention, planning and making decisions, processing emotions and controlling impulses leading to irrational behavior.” (Fuller