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    I believe the “drinking culture” is something prevalent in almost all colleges around the world, and something glamorized in society, this idea where you get to college party, drink, etc. Therefore I wouldn't necessarily say WVU has a substance abuse problem, but rather the portrayal in society of partying and drinking in college has caused colleges as a whole to have substance abuse problems. Also, with the label of being the number 1 party school, in many ways does encourage this problem. But I do believe the issue has more to do with perception, and what others view as social norms. I believe with the media’s portrayal of college, and partying, it usually involves drinking, and sometimes heavy drinking. This is usually what’s seen as a teenager…

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    Elizabeth Estrada Professor Otis Webster 20 November 2017 Drinking Culture in Canada Drinking alcohol is a popular pastime in Canada. It is considered to be a beer drinking nation, because this beverage is consumed much more than wine or sprits. About 51 percent of money spent on alcohol goes on beer. Most people only ever drink socially. This means that they avoid binge drinking and rarely suffer from any negative consequences as a result of their intake. A social drinker has no problem…

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    Drinking culture, both in the United States and China, has transformed over generations of time. Dating back to the prohibition, alcohol consumption has played a big role socially in American history. In the United States- due to advertising, availability, and the social norm of drinking- there is a growth in alcohol related problems. The social norm of binge drinking, a major shift in the drinking culture, is geared towards groups and seen largely in college age students. “In the college…

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    Drinking culture, specifically among youth in New Zealand is mediated on social networks such as facebook, through posting photographs online, representing various drinking events. While many studies look at this phenomena and place youth as ‘other’, and in a primarily negative light, Goodwin et al’s investigations of mediatised youth drinking culture focuses on why such mediation occurs (Goodwin et al, 2016, 1). Qualitative research of youth who participate in this discourse and analysis of…

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    behaviors that Toren exhibited that I did not find to be very unusually in a campus culture. The main one being underage drinking, it is an unspoken rule that it is okay to drink before we are twenty-on. A lot of Toren’s drinking occurred in his dorm room, on the rule that what happens behind closed-door stays behind closed doors. “I drank throughout the next two days until I had return from Brazil back to my site and we parted ways (pg. 177).” He had frequently black outs, long periods of…

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    Binge drinking is intricately linked with the American college culture. Many students feel the need to be excessively intoxicated to socialize with peers and colleagues. Since college student usually range from the ages of eighteen to twenty-two years old about half of these students are under age. Thus increasing the “behind door drinking”, which can lead to unsafe and unmonitored consumption of alcohol. Many college students involve themselves in pregaming, drinking before going out to a place…

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    Would you think drinking affects our culture? Does it change our beliefs on how to celebrate? Australian fictional texts, represent Australians having drinks in times of success and going and getting smashed at the bar as appropriate to society --- Mark Davies. Arthur says, 'If them blokes get their money now they won't be able to do anything because they will be blind drunk, and it would be weeks before they would be any use to the Boss. He knows that. He's had trouble before over…

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    Drinking Culture Analysis

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    Drinking culture refers to the societies and practices associated with the consumption of alcoholic beverages. In Western culture, the social functions of drinking alcohol have attained various myths formed around popular culture and its social dangers. Drinking has been an abundant part in everyday adult life and is a myth of a sedative elixir or a perilous poison. The myth that embodies this artifact is that driving under the influence of alcohol has seriously negative consequences for those…

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    Alcohol drinking is also part of this festival culture where adults used to celebrate by drinking beer made from different places. This famous culture and tradition of wide variety of food is no longer appreciated during festivals like mardi gras due to alcohol. McDonalds and Subways are the options for people are getting freakishly drunk. Even though Louisiana has so many places where one can get such beautiful and delicious food. The significance of these food culture that brings out the unity…

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    Both the European and Region of Americas have shown a 20% increase in alcohol consumption. The African Region (AFRO) and West Pacific Region (WPRO) follow with similar per capita consumption of each other at 6.2 and 6.3, respectively. At the lower end, the South-East Region (SEARO) displays a 2.2 per capita consumption and the lowest per capita consumption occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) at 0.7 (WHO, 2007-2008)[6]. In particular, countries around the Mediterranean area tend to…

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