Let’s put it this way. If something has been irrefutably proven to kill brain cells, what other term could one use?
As has been pointed out already, it isn’t called alcohol poisoning for nothing.
There are significant numbers of college students who have died (or very narrowly escaped death in the ER) from alcohol poisoning due to hazing procedures, drunken binge parties or the infamous “21 for 21” drinks they’re peer-pressured into for their birthday celebration.
What should have been a happy celebration of reaching “official adulthood” ends up as a wake and funeral.
21 drinks of alcohol in a short period of time is insane. And poisonous.
Those who live to survive this stupid ritual should be everlastingly grateful.