{"id":27723,"date":"2024-05-22T17:21:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T17:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/what-is-borg-drinking-and-why-is-it-a-dangerous-trend-omar-sachedina-explains\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T17:21:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T17:21:20","slug":"what-is-borg-drinking-and-why-is-it-a-dangerous-trend-omar-sachedina-explains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/what-is-borg-drinking-and-why-is-it-a-dangerous-trend-omar-sachedina-explains\/","title":{"rendered":"What is BORG drinking, and why is it a dangerous trend? Omar Sachedina explains."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j3yTUHsHMNY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been to a party lately and haven\u2019t seen someone drinking a BORG, you\u2019re likely not partying with college students.<\/p>\n<p>And if you have no idea what that sentence even means, you\u2019re probably not a member of Generation Z.<\/p>\n<p>The acronym BORG stands for \u201cblackout rage gallon,\u201d according to the National Capital Poison Center in Washington, DC. The term refers to a concoction often prepared in a gallon-size plastic jug that typically contains vodka or other distilled alcohol, water, a flavour enhancer and an electrolyte powder or drink. BORGs are often drunk at outside day parties, otherwise known as darties.<\/p>\n<p>\nSubscribe to CTV News to watch more videos:<\/p>\n<p>Connect with CTV News:<br \/>\nFor live updates and latest headlines visit: <br \/>\nFor breaking news, fast, download the CTV News App:<br \/>\nMust-watch stories and full programs at<\/p>\n<p>CTV News on TikTok:<br \/>\nCTV News on X (formerly Twitter):  <br \/>\nCTV News on Reddit:<br \/>\nCTV News on LinkedIn:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\nCTV News is Canada&#8217;s most-watched news organization both locally and nationally, and has a network of national, international, and local news operations.<\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve been to a party lately and haven\u2019t seen someone drinking a BORG, you\u2019re likely not partying with college students. And if you have no idea what that sentence even means, you\u2019re probably not a member of Generation Z.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":27724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2754,1757,2755,48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}