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campuses are peer pressure, a relief from stress, and risk taking. The first factor which contributes to college students binge drinking on campus is peer pressure. Peer pressure is a major problem for students, especially freshman. When students first get on campus, they want to meet new people, and will do anything…

Hello, Diana. It's been a long time to talk to you. How are you? I am doing good. Now, I am listening to Star 102.1 by using iphone's app, which is radio channel I used to listen to in TN. So, I was just curious how you are doing and miss you, Bruce and other there. I can't belive it has been more than one year since I had left TN. These days, I am looking for a decent company I can work for so I am very busy for preparing my resumes. There were many times that I stayed up all night to submit…

Alcohol may be the most common drug used amongst college athletes. Generally, most of these athletes blatantly ignore the factors that are detrimental to achieving the optimal performance they are searching for. Often times, athletes may find themselves with little spare time to go out drinking and partying, but that little time may be spent binge drinking and getting heavenly intoxicated. Overtime, professionals have documented the effects of alcohol and how it adversely effects being on top…

How binge drinking is a public health issue Sexual assaults, dangerous driving, crimes and bad health are often associated with binge drinking. The NIH reported that up to 50% of all sexual assault cases such as rape involve alcohol consumption of either the predator or the victim. predator (NIH, National Institute on Alcohol abuse and Alcoholism.) When an individual is under the influence of alcohol they are less controlled of their bodies, they are less aware of what is happening around them…

Living in a small town, with a population little over 2,500, life on the weekends can get very monotonous. Some kids resort to playing sports and staying active, while others choose to curl up in their favorite blanket with an action packed film. Others, who do not do either of those things, may happen to choose a more wild and illicit behavior. What students and peers choose to do on the weekend is their business; not anyone else’s. It is, however, the schools and athletic department’s business…

Introduction In the last few years, drinking alcohol and partying has become the most central social behavior among American college students. This kind of behavior has many negative consequences. About 1 out of 4 American college students report academic problems which accurse from drinking and partying, for instance missing classes, doing poorly on exams and papers and receiving lower grades. Previous research has found “That pre-partying is involved in proximally 45% of all drinking events of…

After reading both Kelle Lasn’s and Richard Louv’s pieces on how humans have become distant from nature, I became very upset with myself. When I was younger I loved spending time outside. Whether I was playing sports with the neighborhood kids, helping my grandfather with his garden or talking walks in the park near my house, I realized that I do not spend nearly as much time outside as I used to. With technology constantly being invented and reinvented, video games, television shows and phones…

Presently, the world has adopted a more liberal approach when it comes to a sexual relationship encounter ending up being just for an enjoyable pleasurable moment. Its sole purpose is to please the selfish lust desires of the flesh without any kind of restrictions. Framed by this concept, society has embedded more and more into a promiscuous life style that at in times has terrible consequences. However, this situation should not be this way in the world. The most important factor that can…

In this paper I will be doing my research on one of the most controversial topics right now. That is, should marijuana be legalized for the public’s use? There are many drugs out there for consumption, the main two being cigarettes, and alcohol. Therefor in my paper I will use cigarettes and alcohol as a basis to research if marijuana should be legalized. In this country, there should be a valid reason for something to be illegal. Cannabis has been around for many centuries being used for many…

States. Most alcohol that is consumed by anyone, is consumed during a binge. You never really notice if you binge drink after drinking for a while because your body just starts to get used to it. Most binge drinkers just don’t know how to hold back, they get so caught up in the feeling that they get. When you drink enough to get a blood alcohol level of 0.08 it is considered binge drinking and it is when you are noticeably…