undoubtedly underage drinking. Underage drinking is a violation of college and state policies; although the statues are disregarded. Drinking laws are in place because underage drinking is detrimental to the community and the user. However, the current laws are not deterring underage drinking; and the problems associated with underage drinking are persistent. The blatant disobedience by teens has caused deliberation about changing the current laws. One debated solution to stop underage drinking…
Following, Dengenhardt and colleagues’s survey ( 2013, p.1) showed that 52% of boys and 34% of girls between 14 and 15 years reported binge drinking past week of experiment and 90% of male and 70% of female early onset teenage drinkers continued their binge drinking pattern till their young adulthood time. Consequently, Jennison (2004, p.659) also verified college binge drinkers are more likely to develop one or more alcohol related diagnostic criteria such as alcohol abuse and dependence in…
the highest levels of binge drinking in Europe and university students have high levels of alcohol consumption in these areas. The researchers investigated the consumption patterns of university students in the areas of Ireland and the United Kingdom. The researchers found that almost two thirds of students reported a hazardous alcohol consumption score. The article highlights how harmful binge…
influence can change everything for a person and affect the people around them. Underage drinking has become a significant issue throughout the years and has caused several people to question the drinking age, especially on college campuses. Having college students drink is harmful to their bodies, especially when they binge drink, but also causes problems for society. There are several consequences associated with drinking in general: drunk driving, violence, poor judgment, and poor decision…
writes in Binge Drinking as a Substitute for “community of learning, binge drinking apparently correlates to a bad learning atmosphere. Bruffeet continues to write about how the leading factor of binge drinking is the social environments of Greek housing systems. Although Greek housing systems do provide a sense of belonging, there are multiple alternatives that universities have created, in order to make students feel a part of something bigger without the risky behavior of binge drinking.…
human body is overwhelming. It does not pose a serious concern if drinking is practically safely but if binge drinking is practice instead it becomes a serious problem. Unfortunately, many underage drinkers do not practice safe practice and it leads to serious short and long term situations. There is significant evidence that proves that drinking alcohol harms a person physically, mentally, and spiritually especially when drinking is practice underage. The…
order to control the number of people that consume alcohol, the government should create drinking licenses. These licenses will pioneer a pathway to create a safer society between the everyday citizens and future generations. Although the people in society are responsible for their own actions, it is the job of the government in order to enforce the laws that it creates. Rochester’s acknowledgement of drinking licenses stands true because it will help the citizens to limit their consumption of…
“Binge drinking is characteristic of a large proportion of college students… Binge drinking is associated with a drinking style that involved frequent consumption of large quantities of alcohol, drunkenness, drinking to get drunk, and perception of the appropriateness of heavy drinking in social situations” (p.2929). This explanation of binge drinking supports findings in the 2010 Monitoring the Future report (2010) which states that 65% of full-time college students reported drinking in the…
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…
associated with alcohol use” (NIAAA,2006, para 6). So one might say, simply being a pre-adult might be a key danger component for beginning to drink as well as for drinking dangerously. Children who start to drink at an early age (before age 12) regularly have comparable identity qualities that may make them more inclined to begin drinking. “Young people who are disruptive, hyperactive, and aggressive—often referred to as having conduct problems or being antisocial—as well as those who are…