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Drinking Is in Our Future

The document discusses how binge drinking has affected college campuses for decades, with 40% of students binge drinking and over 1,800 alcohol related deaths among those aged 18-24 each year. Colleges have tried education but the rates remain unchanged, so stricter policies and legal action may be needed to address dangerous drinking cultures and prevent more deaths.

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Drinking Is in Our Future

The document discusses how binge drinking has affected college campuses for decades, with 40% of students binge drinking and over 1,800 alcohol related deaths among those aged 18-24 each year. Colleges have tried education but the rates remain unchanged, so stricter policies and legal action may be needed to address dangerous drinking cultures and prevent more deaths.

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Why Cant We Stop Drinking

For decades alcohol has affected colleges campuses all around the U.S, from academic
declines, deaths, rape, assaults and even drunk driving. Over the past 20 years the bingedrinking rate has stayed the same at a staggering 40% for college campuses (McMurtrie, 2014,
para. 3). So why hasnt this number decreased over the years with the avidrisk and
consequences of alcohol. If year after year another life is taken due to alcohol why isnt there
change. What is stopping college administration from making a change in their policy to
decrease this culture of binge drinking?

Countless research and statistics have proved the deadly consequences that can occur,
especially people within the age of 18-24. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism (NIAA) finds this age group to be the most effective for the pressure that is brought
upon the college culture of drinking. Every year 1,825 will die due to an unintentional alcohol
related injury (NIAA, 2015, para. 4). This statistic does not include all the deaths from drunk
driving in the Unites States. In which the CDC claims that Among drivers with BAC levels of
0.08 % or higher involved in fatal crashes in 2013, one out of every 3 were between 21 and 24
years of age (33%) (CDC, 2015, para. 9). College students fitting into this age group making
alcohol a concern for any one of us.
Colleges have become aware of the issue by giving education programs and spreading
awareness. However, they have been blind to the situation that their methods are not decreasing
these statistics. With the increase of Greek life deaths in the news, administration needs to
enforce their policy stricter and even take legal action. Although there is academic punishment
that is not enough, administration need to charge these criminals the way it should be. Every one
of us are adults in college and account for our actions even if it was brought forth by alcohol.
The next victims life can be someone you know, so why not prevent it while you can.

Reference:
American Infographic. (n.d.). Retrieved December 4, 2015, from
http://www.americaninfographic.com/post/104811145656/infographic-college-drinking
College Drinking. (2015, October). Retrieved December 2, 2015, from
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/CollegeFactSheet/CollegeFactSheet.pdf
Impaired Driving: Get the Facts. (2015, November 24). Retrieved December 1, 2015, from
http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html
Why Colleges Haven't Stopped Binge Drinking. (2014, December 15). Retrieved December 2,
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