Comments on: Study shows dangerous drinking behavior on the rise among college students

By: Drug News

Drug News — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:04:41 +0000

[...] – USA Study shows dangerous drinking behavior on the rise among college students – The Georgetown [...]

By: Eden

Eden — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:39:11 +0000

Interesting. Universities have cracked down over the last decade and yet this happens. At the very least, they’ve been ineffective, perhaps there’s even a case to claim (as I did when I was at Georgetown) that these policies are counterproductive. Thankfully Georgetown has avoided most of the really dumb policies (due in large part to an active and informed student body!) like keg bans.

I agree with “Um”, however, that the statistics look like BS regardless. Gross death numbers aren’t very useful as the population changes in size.

By: Tim2

Tim2 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:50:36 +0000

Is that the one and only OCTABONG!?!

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:51:15 +0000

Oh, wait. So banning kegs and harsh punitive enforcement isn’t effective? Shocking.

By: "Binge drinker"

"Binge drinker" — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:34:01 +0000

Maybe it’s because nobody takes the education seriously when they define binge drinking as four or more drinks in one night. That means most of my friends are binge drinkers (even the ones who drink lightly), my parents are binge drinkers… I can promise you that the 45% of “binge drinkers” on college campuses are not dying, or we would see the population of college campuses halving every year.

By: Um

Um — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:35:18 +0000

Ummm, weren’t there simply a lot more 18-24 year olds around in 2005 than in 1998? According to a quick Google search, there were 20% more kids born in 1985 than in 1976. The numbers they cite are a 26% jump. Add in immigration, and I think you’re not really talking about a higher rate as much as just more kids period.

The other stats are really not significant changes.

Of course, this is an institute that gets money only so long as people are frightened about alcohol abuse, so we shouldn’t really be surprised.