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Mass Drinking Binge in Spain
By sugiero (Spain), Section International
For several years, spanish youths have organized "botellones" (mass drinking binge) on the street, the beach and in parks. It has become a social phenomena joining in groups to have a good time drinking "Kalimotcho", which is a mixture of Coca-Cola and bad (and cheap) wine.
Thousands of teenagers and students swarmed onto Spanish streets on Friday for mass drinking sessions, defying legislation introduced to stop the binges known as "botellones."
Police in the southern Spanish city of Granada said up to 25,000 people had gathered, causing the closure of a major road.
"We've never seen anything like this in Granada," a police spokesman told Youths rallied revelers by email and SMS messages for "macrobotellones" in 20 cities around Spain, while authorities have pleaded with parents to keep their children under control and pointed out the dangers of under-age drinking" Advertisement
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