Binge Drinking

Binge Drinking

Title:
How Bingeing Became the New College Sport.
Authors:
Seaman, Barrett
Source:
Time; 8/29/2005, Vol. 166 Issue 9, p80-80, 1p, 1 color
Document Type:
Article
Abstract:
Focuses on the college activity of bingeing on alcohol by students who have not reached the legal drinking limit. Health risks associated with this type of activity; Assertion that the drinking age of 21 is part of the problem; Speculation on what would happen if the drinking age were lowered to 18 or 19.


I assume I can expect an article about underage drinking by students. Weather or not lowering the drinking age will prevent binge drinking is up for debate.
The author is suggesting that lowering the drinking age will reduce the overall binge drinking done at collages. This author is entitled to his opinion but he crazy. It’s not the age of the person, its peer pressures, wanting to fit in, and their upbringing. Though by bringing down the drinking age, these students will get a better handle on the affects of alcohol and thus reduce their intake later in life.
I have not had any experience with this subject. I did not go to a collage. My questions would be, Where is the campus and police during these binge drinking parties? Why are these kids still in school. There should be a zero tolerance for underage drinking. Why aren’t the parents taking responsibility for their child behavior?
Teenage drinking is something that goes on every day. No matter how many
videos you show to kids about drinking they will still drink. Surveys show that the average teen seventeen and up spends $475.00 a year on liquor, mostly beer. That's more than books, soda, coffee, juice and milk combined. Most parents don’t know about teenage drinking unless they catch their kids doing it. Some parents say, “their kids would never do that” , and they're the ones whose kids probably drink more than the average teen. One might ask, how do kids get alcohol? Alcohol is almost as easy to get as a...