a single occasion or Binge drinking on North American college campuses has become an integral part of residential college campus culture. Binge drinking according to the CDC, is defined as the consumption of four or more drinks for women, and more than five drinks for men. It is becoming the norm on residential campuses and students above or below the legal drinking age are engaging in Binge drinking. This behavior can be dangerous, for both adults and youths. Binge drinking has been responsible
universities can pursue to not promote binge drinking is to schedule numerous activities around campus. One of the major problems of college students, as explained in an informational video is that students have too much free time. The video shows that college students are only in class for 15 hours a week compared to high school students who are at school for over 30 hours per week. Consequently, students who are poor at managing their time well, tend to binge drink repeatedly leading to unsatisfactory
United States celebrate their independence on one of the most popular holidays of the year, some by drinking beer and contributing to a memorable statistic: most cases of beer sold in one day. According to a CNBC article, 63.5 million cases of beer are sold every July 4. However, excessive drinking on the Fourth of July is not an isolated concern by health professionals, as year-round, binge drinking is on the rise among Americans. According to a 2013 survey released by the National Institutes of
understand why the drinking age should be lowered you must first understand some history of how it got to what it was. First I will start out in 1920 when the 18th amendment was past declaring all sales of alcohol illegal. It wasn’t until 1933 that the 21st amendment was passed to abolish this law making alcohol legal again. At this point each state was to determine an (MLDA)