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Elite Investigative Journal
Talk to Your College Kids About Binge Drinking, pg 14-15
©2014-2015 Press Enter Resolve, LLC
Talk to Your College Kids
AboutBinge Drinking
By Harriet Hodgson
Photo Courtesy of deviantart.com
Alcohol is the drug of choice on college campuses. in the Northeast.
Many students are abusing alcohol and combining it
with marijuana, cocaine, inhalants, and prescription The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
drugs. Some students have died of alcohol poisoning. says sorority and fraternity members drink more often
Even so, many college students continue to and drink more than their peers. Years ago, binge
participate in drinking contests and binge drinking. drinking used to mean heavy drinking for several days.
That has changed. Today, it is deined as ive or more
I’m a GRG -- grandparent raising grandchildren drinks in a row for men and four or more drinks in a row
-- and my grandchildren are looking at prospective for women.
colleges now. There are many excellent colleges in
Minnesota and near-by states, such as Wisconsin Is your child a high school senior? Is your child in
and North Dakota. But I was shocked when I read college now? If you haven’t done it before, I think you
an article on the StateMaster Website, “Alcohol need to have a serious, heads-up talk about binging
Consumption: Binge Drinkers by State.” What states and drinking contests. I say this because my deceased
were at the top of the list? You guessed it, Wisconsin, daughter was a recovering alcoholic. Thanks to her self-
North Dakota, and Minnesota. examination, years of effort, and regular AA meetings,
she turned her life around.
I showed the article to my twin grandchildren.
“There’s drinking on all campuses,” they said. Alcohol abuse can ruin a life. Though your college
Fortunately, my grandkids are “good” kids and they student may not look like it, he or she values your
don’t smoke or drink or do drugs. That doesn’t stop opinion. Gather some facts on college drinking, write
me from worrying about them. Why are college kids down your talking points, and practice them. Stay on
abusing alcohol? topic and be as brief as possible. Here are some facts to
share with your college student.
According to a Kids Health Website article, “Binge
Drinking,” they are heavy drinkers because they’re * Each year, 1,400 college students between the ages of
curious, think it will make them feel good, and 18-24 die from unintentional, alcohol-related injuries,
believe it reduces stress. “College students are more according to the College Drinking Website.
likely than other people the same age to be binge
drinkers,” the article notes. It goes on to say that * More than 97,000 students ages 18-24 are victims of
bingers tend to be males, white, and attend schools alcohol assault or date rape each year, according to the
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Talk to Your College Kids About Binge Drinking, pg 14-15
©2014-2015 Press Enter Resolve, LLC
Talk to Your College Kids
AboutBinge Drinking
By Harriet Hodgson
Photo Courtesy of deviantart.com
Alcohol is the drug of choice on college campuses. in the Northeast.
Many students are abusing alcohol and combining it
with marijuana, cocaine, inhalants, and prescription The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
drugs. Some students have died of alcohol poisoning. says sorority and fraternity members drink more often
Even so, many college students continue to and drink more than their peers. Years ago, binge
participate in drinking contests and binge drinking. drinking used to mean heavy drinking for several days.
That has changed. Today, it is deined as ive or more
I’m a GRG -- grandparent raising grandchildren drinks in a row for men and four or more drinks in a row
-- and my grandchildren are looking at prospective for women.
colleges now. There are many excellent colleges in
Minnesota and near-by states, such as Wisconsin Is your child a high school senior? Is your child in
and North Dakota. But I was shocked when I read college now? If you haven’t done it before, I think you
an article on the StateMaster Website, “Alcohol need to have a serious, heads-up talk about binging
Consumption: Binge Drinkers by State.” What states and drinking contests. I say this because my deceased
were at the top of the list? You guessed it, Wisconsin, daughter was a recovering alcoholic. Thanks to her self-
North Dakota, and Minnesota. examination, years of effort, and regular AA meetings,
she turned her life around.
I showed the article to my twin grandchildren.
“There’s drinking on all campuses,” they said. Alcohol abuse can ruin a life. Though your college
Fortunately, my grandkids are “good” kids and they student may not look like it, he or she values your
don’t smoke or drink or do drugs. That doesn’t stop opinion. Gather some facts on college drinking, write
me from worrying about them. Why are college kids down your talking points, and practice them. Stay on
abusing alcohol? topic and be as brief as possible. Here are some facts to
share with your college student.
According to a Kids Health Website article, “Binge
Drinking,” they are heavy drinkers because they’re * Each year, 1,400 college students between the ages of
curious, think it will make them feel good, and 18-24 die from unintentional, alcohol-related injuries,
believe it reduces stress. “College students are more according to the College Drinking Website.
likely than other people the same age to be binge
drinkers,” the article notes. It goes on to say that * More than 97,000 students ages 18-24 are victims of
bingers tend to be males, white, and attend schools alcohol assault or date rape each year, according to the
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