The Drug and Alcohol Office of Australia has recently revealed that Australia Day is the most terrible day of the year when it comes to increase in the number of alcohol-related violence and injuries.

The statements have been backed by a recent report that analyzed 10 years of data related to ambulance, hospital and police workings on public holidays, and it came out with a cracker of a disclose that claimed that ambulance attendances gets more than double for intoxicated folks under 25 years of age on Australia Day, which is celebrated as the foundation day for ANA on January 26 every year.

The disclosure has come as a blow for health officials all over the region and most of all, the deepest of worries is standing face-to-face in front of the Drug and Alcohol Office. As a result, with the intent of safeguarding the health and safety of people, officials from the drug and alcohol office are warning people all over the nation to refrain from binging over alcohol on the coming Australia Day.

While expressing his concern regard the issue and sharing words of caution with his countrymen for following recommended safe drinking limits in order to avoid any kind of undesirable incident and injuries on this Australia Day, the Executive Director of DAO, Neil Guard, suggested that it is highly mandatory for people to limit their alcohol consumption on the coming Australia Day, Thursday, since there are fairly high chances for temperatures to soar in Perth during the next couple of days.

He was of the opinion that people must be mindful of the fact that the event can even be celebrated without crossing the safe drinking limits. He added that, “January the 26th is one of the worst days of the year for alcohol related violence, for assaults and for injuries”.