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New TikTok college drinking trend raises alarms

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Colleges across the U.S. are warning of a new drinking trend called “borg” ahead of St. Patrick’s Day weekend. NBC’s Maggie Vespa has more on how school officials at the University of Massachusetts Amherst blame the Gen-Z drink of choice for at least 28 ambulance transports at one recent student event. 

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