During difficult economic times, you really don't need much of an excuse to get loaded. Here's one anyway: It's cheaper than drinking water.

That's the case in Great Britain, where it was recently found that it's less expensive to purchase booze than bottled water at the country's leading supermarkets. In fact, discounted "own-brand" beer costs as little as 35 cents per can.

The research comes from a non-profit anti-alcoholism group called Addaction, that also supports a push to tighten drinking laws in the country with measures that include banning "happy hour" specials and other cheap deals on booze.

While certain party-fouling groups seem to think that low prices contribute to drinking problems, we can't help but wonder how bottled water got so damn expensive. Isn't beer still being made out of water?