Binge Drinking on College Campuses
We have all heard the terms boozing, drinking to get drunk, sloshed, tanked, tipsy, tooted, hammered, and the like. But have you ever really thought about what you were saying when you used these terms. You were saying that all that you did the night before was binge drink. Binge drinking on college campuses is something that has grown to an all time high. All too often we have heard the horror stories of how kids are getting behind the wheel of a car after a night of binge drinking, and end up killing everyone involved, but themselves. Binge drinking is dangerous and until we all realize that it has serious effects, we will never fully understand it. The Harvard University student questionnaire defined a "drink" as a 12-ounce can or bottle of beer, a 12-ounce can or bottle of wine cooler, a four-ounce glass of wine, or a shot of liquor, either straight or in a mixed drink. "Frequent" binge drinking was defined as binge drinking three or more times in a week. This is something that we have all heard about, and we all know well, but again, do we really think about it. Statistics show that binge drinking is on the rise among college students. For males and females alike, the stat
"Pub happy hours lead to binge drinking and crime." "Bingers Beware." St. Louis Post. St. Louis, Missouri. October 26, 1999 As far as a recovery process goes, this can be just as hard as getting up for class the next day. One way that I believe is the most effective in helping the issue is to remove the individual from the source of the problem. If you take the college student out of the environment where his/her fellow classmates are constantly feeding them with alcohol, then you will see a drastic change. Many college campuses have set up types of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, where the students can work together to stop the drinking in its tracks. This is still however just a preliminary step to resolving the issue. I still contest that by removing the individual from the source, then you will help to solve the problem. Jeff Stryker. "The Right Dose of Scare Tactics." New York Times. istics are on the rise. For college males, the books define binge drinking as drinking five or more drinks in a row in the past two weeks. For college females, the books define binge drinking as having four or more drinks in the past two weeks. As far as what happens when the individual is intoxicated, now that is a whole different issue. Studies have shown that 81% of women, and 82% of men have hangovers the next day. More than 26% of women and 33% of the men polled, admitted to engaging in unplanned sexual activity the night before. 42% of women and 45% of males admitted to missing a class the next day. Frequent binge drinkers were the ones though that had the most serious problems. Frequent binge drinkers were over 16 times more likely to miss a class the next day, than non-binge drinkers. The results of most of the studies showed that binge drinking is the most serious drug addiction on college campuses. More than 44% of the students were binge drinkers. Of that 44%, more than 50% of them were men and 39% women. Nearly one half of all the students polled admitted to having problems in school at least five or more times sin
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