Binge Drinking On College Campuses
When parents send their children away to college, they expect them
to receive a quality education that will prepare them for the real world.
However, most parents do not realize that their hard-earned money is being
used to purchase hard liquor. Recent studies show that 82.5% of all
college students drink (http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/binge.htm). Binge
drinking, consuming more than five alcoholic beverages in an row for men
and four for women, is an all too common occurrence on college campuses.
With fraternity parties and surprisingly undescriminatory admittance to
campus bars, underage drinkers have virtually no problem gaining access to
an unlimited supply of alcohol. While the ...
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at some college campuses
binge drink. One-third of all schools surveyed reported bingeing by more
than half the students (Kowalski 8). Many students feel they “know their
limits, ” and can act responsibly while under the influence of alcohol.
However, binge drinking affects speech, vision, balance, and judgment
(Monroe 26). Additionally, alcohol adversely affects the body by disrupting
certain brain functions that can cause drinkers to become overtly rowdy and
hyper, or lose their sense of judgment (Kowalski 6+). When tempers flare,
and the alcohol “starts talking,” people do things they often regret and
sometimes have no recollection of whatsoever. Alcohol also restrains other
behaviors, and it is not unlikely that if two people were intoxicated
enough, they could have unprotected sex and possibly contract STD's.
Where do we define what one drink is, and when is it determined if
someone is drunk? One drink is the equivalent of 12oz. of beer, one ounce
of 86 proof liquor, ...
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teach students that binge drinking is
wrong and potentially dangerous. Others admit it is a fact of life that
most people go through during their college years. The problem still
remains, and there is no possible way to justify harming one's body to have
a good time. Alcohol is the number-one drug used on college campuses today.
College students spend a whopping $5.5 billion each year on alcohol, or
about $446 per student. On average, each student drinks 34 gallons of
alcoholic beverages each year (Monroe 28). Anything that has such a great
impact on the economy of a small campustown has to say something about it
prevention, or lack thereof. “In each college community, there are ...
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