As many students enter college, it is the fir

st time they have been away from their parents for an extended period of time. This newfound freedom is sometimes taken to extremes, and students in this situation usually end up in trouble with the law or in academics. Eighty-eight percent of college students, a vast majority, have used alcohol while in college, a rate that has declined since 1980. As reported in 1994, sixty-eight percent of university students had used alcohol within thirty days of the survey. Also reported, Sixty-two percent of young people not in college consume alcohol on a monthly basis (Shalala). How do students afford to drink alcohol in college?

2 Dec. 2000. Available HTTP: factsontap.org

Shalala, Donna E. A Message From the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Facts on Tap, Alcohol an

Some common words found in the essay are:
, college students, Abuse Alcoholism, Online Internet, hundred dollars, Available HTTP, alcohol college, Washington July, alcohol consumption, nine hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, thirty days, college student, college experience, college drop, student spends, five hundred,
Approximate Word count = 527
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)