Carnage on Britain's streets?
Carnage UK is a company which organises pub crawls for students in 45 towns and cities across the UK. They've been accused of encouraging binge drinking by health campaigners and the National Union of Students wants to ban them.
Last week a judge condemned Carnage UK after a student admitted urinating over a war memorial after one of their events. The company says it's just providing a fun evening for students in a safe and controlled environment.
We sent our reporter Andrew Fletcher to find out what really happens on one of these pub crawls. You can see a film of his night in Lincoln below, and from 10:30 on Thursday's show we'll hear from Carnage and the National Union of Students on my programme.
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If you've been on a Carnage night out, get in touch and let us know what it was like.
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I'm a 4th year medical student in Cardiff, carnage pub crawls started when I was in my second year. My house that year was on the carnage route. It was just hundreds of students roaming around Cathays (the studenty area with lots of pubs) gernerally being drunk there was no more control than an ordinary friday/saturday night. There were just more people than usual who were more drunk than usual. Problems arise with the heard mentality of "I can't get caught theres too many of us".
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People work hard nowadays. That's why they drink so much.
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Until many Brits get he idea that it is perfectly possible to have a nightand enjoy it without getting 'out of your face' the problem will continue. Besides, I thought that these students didn't have any money!
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I met my husband on a Rag Week Pub Crawl during my first year at university 24 years ago. I wish they'd been banned 25 years ago.
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People work hard nowadays. That's why they drink so much.
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And why your tee total ;-)
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