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college drinking You are probably either moving out with your friends to a dorm, or renting an apartment with them. The main thing on your mind is PARTY no parents, YES! But while you're happy about moving out waiting for the first big bash, your Mom is freaking out thinking "OH NO! No supervision, they're are going to drink, they are going to get drunk and do stupid things!!!" well sorry to disappoint you, but, most of these paranoid moms are right! First of all, let's start off with what is a drink? Well, a definition of a standard drink contains a half-ounce of alcohol-the amount you would find in a 12 oz. beer, a 4 oz. glass of table wine, and a 1 oz. shot of hard liquor such as vodka or whisky. Right away you can see that not all drinks are created equal. Even the seemingly innocent wine cooler can pack a punch-many wine coolers have nearly twice the alcohol content of a 12 oz. beer. Most college students tend to drink beer, they drink and estimated 4 billion cans annually. Every year, college students spend $5.5 billion on alcohol, mostly beer, which is more than they spend on pop, coffee, milk, juice, and books combined, averaging $466 per student. While there is a number of students who do not drink, there is still a large amount that does drink, as the chart here shows. The total amount of alcohol consumed by college students each year is 430 million gallons, which is enough for every college and university in the US to fill an Olympic sized swimming pool. This chart also shows the amount of all the binge drinkers and the frequent binge drinkers. Let's say you're out with some friends and this one guy drinks an entire six-pack of pop, bizarre huh? I mean 72 oz. Wow! Now, lets say that guy drank a six pack of beer instead of the pop, just as bizarre. This is what you would call binge drinking, putting away five or more drinks at one time, in one sitting for a male, for a female it would be 4 or more drinks. Some of you may not think this problem is that big, but, consider this, 50% of college men and 39% of college women are classified as binge drinkers. Results of a survey confirmed that binge drinking is the most serious drug problem on college campuses. About one in five of all the binge drinkers are frequent binge drinkers, which means they drink that heavily 2,3, or more times in one week. Almost 4% of all college students drink daily. What effects does drinking have on these students people may ask? Well, as many as 360,000 of the nations 12 million undergraduates will die from alcohol related causes while in school. On America's college campuses, alcohol is a factor in 40% of all academic problems and 28% of all drop outs. As this chart shows .... This shows that college drinking isn't as innocent as it seems and it does get out of hand and uncontrollable. But on the positive side, there is a small but significant downward trend in alcohol use on America's campuses. In 1985, the percentage of college students who had consumed alcohol in the previous 30 days was 80.3%. By 1990, that number declined to 74.5% and continues to decline each year. So when you're going off to college, think of all the consequences of drinking and how much money you will save before you get into that habit of binge drinking and wasting all your money on alcohol. Just have a drink or two and don't get too carried away! Bibliography:

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