In the UK, if you're binge drinking at university, that's your business. You're an adult, and it's up to you what you do. If your binge drinking is causing your performance to drop at university, they should kick you out because your performance isn't good enough. read more
Run by Henry Wechsler, a social psychologist at the Harvard University School of Public Health, the College Alcohol Study surveyed 17,000 students at 140 colleges on why and how they drink. The following year, Mr. Wechsler pronounced 44 percent of all college students binge drinkers, using that term to mean consuming four or five drinks in a row. read more
Alcohol use is seemingly embedded within much of college culture but not necessarily in a healthy way. Binge drinking and alcohol abuse continues to be a public health problem on college campuses but there are things students can do to raise awareness and effect change. read more