College Binge Drinking Effects On College Campuses
Each year there are around 1,825 alcohol related deaths in college age students. Also there have been over 696,000 students assaulted by a student who had be drinking alcohol. And around 97,000 students have reported being sexually assaulted by someone with alcohol in there system (“College Binge Drinking”). Binge drinking is a pattern of drinking brings blood alcohol concentration levels to .08. This typically occurs after 4 drinks for women and 5 drinks in men. Many students entering college see this as a normal behavior once they get into college. Also many students will have a lot more stress and peer pressure that will introduce them to drinking behaviors. Binge drinking in college can lead to academic problems, effects on oneself and others and physical and sexual assault on others while
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A study completed showed that around 10 percent of female college students have been sexually assaulted in some way. Also the study shows that in almost 88 percent of the cases the victim knew the person assaulting them (“Campus Sexual Violence). Many of these assaults occur because while someone is drinking they lose the ability to make logical judgements and when a college guy that is drunk sees a girl that is drunk they are most likely going to take advantage of them. A majority of the women who are raped or assaulted do not go to the police to report what happened. This could be because of the high cost of hiring an attorney, and they would have to deal with others knowing that they had been assaulted. Binge drinking in college has been statistically proven to lead to many problems on college campuses especially effects on academic success, physical and mental effects on one’s self and others, and physical and sexual assault on others. Because college students have such easy access to alcohol through fake ideas or have older people buying for them these problems will never go
A study completed showed that around 10 percent of female college students have been sexually assaulted in some way. Also the study shows that in almost 88 percent of the cases the victim knew the person assaulting them (“Campus Sexual Violence). Many of these assaults occur because while someone is drinking they lose the ability to make logical judgements and when a college guy that is drunk sees a girl that is drunk they are most likely going to take advantage of them. A majority of the women who are raped or assaulted do not go to the police to report what happened. This could be because of the high cost of hiring an attorney, and they would have to deal with others knowing that they had been assaulted. Binge drinking in college has been statistically proven to lead to many problems on college campuses especially effects on academic success, physical and mental effects on one’s self and others, and physical and sexual assault on others. Because college students have such easy access to alcohol through fake ideas or have older people buying for them these problems will never go