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The paper uses two readings on the subject of teen drinking and binge drinking to create a public policy position statement. The position taken is that under-age and binge drinking are really part of the same problem. The paper contends that since the dangers of alcoholism are so clear for teens, there should be far greater punishments for those who supply underaged individuals with alcohol.

From the Paper
"Teen drinking and binge drinking on college campuses are really just two different faces of the same problem - under-age alcoholism. While alcohol abuse can be harmful any age, it is particularly dangerous for individuals who are under the age of 21, not because this is the age where one legally becomes an adult, but because it is roughly when the human brain finishes maturing. That the use of alcohol is dangerous for teenagers is beyond question. That it is almost as dangerous for those in their late teens or even early twenties is a logical assumption, since brain growth and physical..."

Tags:binge, alcohol, teenagers

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This paper explains how binge drinking adversely affects students in many different aspects such as schoolwork, health, and safety.

From the Paper
" To most people, binge drinking is a self-destructive, uncontrolled, drinking session that last for at least a couple of days. This leads the heavily intoxicated drinker to "drops out" by not working, ignoring responsibilities, and engaging in harmful behaviors such as fighting and unsafe sex. The editor of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol emphasizes, that "binge" describes the extended period of time during which time a person repeatedly becomes intoxicated and gives up his or her usual activities and obligations in order to become intoxicated. Binge drinking is most common on college campuses, where nearly half of all college students "binge" drink."

Tags:binge, drinking, alcohol, suicide, disease, college, university, teenagers, abstinence, campus, sexual, fraternity, student, sorority, problems, drunk, driving, academic

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The paper addresses binge eating's physical effects of weight gain, obesity, high blood pressure and heart disease, the social avoidance, and the low self-esteem, and depression. The paper highlights how the social, physical, and emotional effects of binge eating directly result in its perpetuation, and therefore the psychological needs must be treated before there can be social and physical progression. Therefore, the paper concludes that the binge eater must recognize that he needs help, commit to making changes, and choose to break the cycle.

From the Paper
"Binge eating, which has just recently become a classified eating disorder, affects millions of Americans and is purportedly the most common eating disorder diagnosed today. Typically, binge eating is characterized by consuming significantly large amounts of food, eating more rapidly than normal, eating until uncomfortably full, eating alone out of embarrassment, and feeling depressed and guilty after over-eating ("Binge Eating"). The adverse effects of this disorder can be seen socially, physically, and emotionally by those who suffer from it. Socially, behaviors such as avoidance can affect school, work, and other social activities. The physical repercussions include weight gain, obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, and the list continues onward. Emotionally, depression and low self-esteem are the most commonly visible side-effects. The cognate social, physical, and emotional consequences of this disorder are so closely related to its causes that they are often indiscernible. Unfortunately, this cause and effect relationship results in binge eating: the unbreakable cycle."

Tags:depression, self-esteem, avoidance, food, weight, obesity

Abstract
Bing drinking is when five or more alcoholic beverages are consumed in one sitting. The paper discusses the worrying statistics that forty percent of college students binge drink at least once every two weeks and that the heaviest period of alcohol consumption for most drinkers in the U.S. is the eighteen to twenty-one year old age group. The paper examines the causes and consequences of binge drinking among college students.

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"According to Webster's Dictionary, alcoholism is defined as a chronic disorder characterized by dependence on and excessive use of alcoholic beverages. Alcoholism is ever present in our society, and there are many factors that may push someone towards it on a narrow, one-way path that may lead to recklessness, serious health problems, violence and even death. A serious problem that leads people to alcoholism is binge drinking, which is most commonly seen affecting college students. A recent survey revealed that eighty-eight percent of all college students (including students under the age of twenty-one) have consumed alcoholic beverages (O?Malley, Bachman)."

Tags:alcoholism, drunk, freshman

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The paper maintains that binge drinking all too often a risky, harmful and destructive activity and is therefore much more of a social problem than it is an innocent rite of passage. The paper contends that there are many preventive measures that could be used more effectively, such as stricter enforcement of laws against drinking and driving and more responsible beverage serving in public and private places. The paper suggests that the most effective way to publicize the harms and dangers of binge drinking would be to target such messages to consumers, at both individual and societal levels.

From the Paper
"Haines and Spear (1996) define binge drinking as the consuming of five or more alcoholic drinks in a row. This increasingly common pattern of binge drinking on college and university campuses in particular, as a sort of "rite of passage" among college and university students in particular, moreover, is an area of growing concern: for college and university counselors; for medical staff; for administrators, and (in general) for mental health professionals and researchers in the behavioral sciences (Otnes, Treise, and Wolburg (1999). Weschler, Davenport, Dowdall, Moeykens, & Castillo (1994), in fact, consider binge drinking to be today's very worst health hazard on college and university campuses."

Tags:alcohol, beverages, health

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This paper outlines the issues involved in college drinking problems. The paper provides statistics which illustrate the gravity of the situation. The effects of binge drinking on a student's academic performance and physical well-being are discussed. Suggestions are offered of how to curb this problem and how to reduce the tragedies associated with binge drinking among college students.

From the Paper
"There are a multitude of issues related to binge drinking among college students. Statistics regarding binge drinking among college students magnify the gravity of the problem. At least two out of every five U.S. college students regularly binge drink, resulting in approximately 1,400 student deaths yearly, a distressing number of assaults and rapes, a shameful amount of vandalism, and countless cases of academic suicide."

Tags:university, alcohol, drugs, fraternities, parties, football, academic, violence

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This paper explains that alcohol is basically a poison which acts as a depressant on the central nervous system, that can lead to death. The author points out that part of the problem seems to be that students, immersed in a social situation where binge drinking is pervasive, don't seem to realize what constitutes excess. The paper relates that binge drinking not only causes harm to the abuser but also causes economic, emotional and physical harm to other people and to society, such as automobile accidents, unprotected sex and birth defects.

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"The age range which has the highest alcohol consumption rates is late teens to the late twenties. This statistic verifies that the social trend in this country seems to be that "adolescence" is being extended further and further as young people stay economically dependent in on their parents for longer periods of time. Along with this, adolescent behavior is becoming more acceptable for longer periods-that is, young people are not marrying or having families as early as previous generations. This is understandable in that, for many, economically, times are tough. But, part of "growing up" is to moderate behavior to what makes good sense. College students have to realize that they are mortal."

Tags:death, managed-drinking, aa, pervasive, sex

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This paper will discuss the conditions of alcoholic binge drinking that is currently a part of the campus life of so many universities in America. By understanding this growing problem, we will consider how this poses a serious issue on campus life, and what is being done about it. By knowing this information, we can learn how this affects not only the students, but also the administrators who are conducting the school's affairs.

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Facts and statistics are presented and different methods to reduce the problem of alcoholism is analyzed. Property damage, rapes, DWI's and other damages are investigated. Blood alcohol level chart and a look into several recent deaths on campuses due to binge drinking. Alcohol abuse among college students is considered.

From the Paper
"Laws in every State make it illegal for anyone under the age of twenty-one to purchase or possess alcohol (Toomey 1996). College students report that alcohol is easy to obtain and they drink for one goal - to get drunk. Binge drinking is defined by researchers as consuming five or more drinks in a row for men and four or more in a row for women (Bishop 1998). Alcohol abuse has long been a problem on college campuses. Currently, approximately eighty-five percent of college students drink alcohol (Philpot 1997). Many students on college campuses drink to excess. Binge drinking is associated with tragic consequences, health issues, and destructive behavior. Binge drinking must be curbed due to the consequences suffered by students who over imbibe and for those innocent students who are harmed by binge drinkers (NIH 1999)."

Tags:abuse, alcohol, deaths, statistics

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A paper that reveals the foundations for binge drinking on college campus, and what are the specific roots of this problem. By understanding peer pressure, high academic expectations, and lack of parental intervention, we can see the basis for heavy drinking in college.