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  Many of you will have heard this one on the news...a 22 year old drank himself into oblivion from the age of 13 and has just died of Liver Failure..yes aged 22. Binge drinking isnt good but many just look at the problem from the social aspect, which I agree is bad enough. But what about the damage binge drinking is doing to the nations health. This guy was a habitual serious drinker and for someone that young it is a sad shame. Naturally enough the initial outcry was...why didnt they give him a transplant?? Him being 22.
  
  Well there is a huge shortage of livers for tranplant purposes and despite this guys young age he clearly wasnt considerd a worthwhile recipient of a rare liver. You cant pluck mechanical livers off a shelf. Give a rare specimen to him and someone else with a better criteria for survival will certainly die.
  
  As has been seen before with certain celebrities, it isnt possible for some people to change their lifestyles, so hooked are they onto the demon drink. So giving them livers just postpones the inevitable and uses up the resource.
  
  Binge drinking has taken hold and whereas 20 years ago liver failure was NOT a problem with young people, experts say it has now become commonplace. That says a heck of a lot. But will the young listen..No! much the same way that they dont listen about smoking either. The health tab for us all mounts up.
  
  But should this chap have been given a liver because of his young age alone?

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