Binge drinking has long been associated with the American High School senior as well as early college students. Reasons for this association have been diagnosed as everything from a newfound sense of freedom to the inability to consistently attain alcohol, which increases the desire to consume alcohol in mass quantities when available. However, studies show that there are many more factors, which can contribute to this well documented problem. Some possible reasons are the overall view of alcohol by most Americans as an acceptable way to "socialize". American youths are exposed to it in movies, television, music, and by many of their parents. It may be fair to even go as far as saying that Americans view alcohol as a stepping stone int

3 students consume 2 beers

1 student consumes 4 beers

However this statistical information was conducted by survey which has possibility of error due to flaws in questioning and "acceptable" student response

Overall, I found that the South Florida counties Broward, Palm Beach, and Dade are statistically nearly identically to the nation when it comes to binge drinking and related alcohol concerns.

Certainly this problem does not represent all students, as it has been evaluated by a Harvard University study which says that if a six-pack of beer represents the total amount of alcohol consumed by college students each year

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o adulthood, that perhaps it enables students to react to the problems of the world in much the same way mi

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