night of binge drinking. A study published this month by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine reveals that excessive alcohol consumption cost the United States $249 billion in 2010. The journal’s results indicate that: Excessive drinking cost the U.S. $249.0 billion in 2010‚ or about $2.05 per drink. Government paid for $100.7 billion (40.4%) of these costs. Binge drinking accounted for $191.1 billion (76.7%) of costs; underage drinking $24.3 billion (9.7%) of costs; and drinking while pregnant
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Student’s Name Professor’s Name Subject Date Binge Drinking: Be the Influence Late Friday evening‚ one of the notorious streets in downtown Adelaide‚ South Australia is bubbling with nightlife. Loud and obviously far from sober crowds of teenagers are venturing from one nightclub to another. One should drive carefully as they jay-walk across the street‚ oblivious to the traffic. “Happy hours” are on; alcohol is cheap‚ in particular different pre-mixed drinks full of artificial sweeteners
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Mistral W‚ Bengry-Howell A‚ Weale L‚ & Hackley C. (2008). Re-framing ’binge drinking’ as calculated hedonism: empirical evidence from the UK. International Journal of Drug Policy. 19(5)‚ 359-66. Overview: The main aim of this study was to put forward a new meaning to the phrase “binge drinking” when connected to young consumers of alcohol in the UK. The study tries to show the difference between the definitions of binge drinking and calculated hedonism‚ which refers to a process of controlling alcohol
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still drink alcohol? Teenagers are particularly vulnerable to the influences of peer pressure and pop culture‚ and may be inclined to experiment. However all these choices may have a negative impact on their long term health and well being. Binge drinking is the practice of consuming large quantities of alcohol in a single session‚ usually defined as five or more drinks at one time for a
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Thesis: Although Henry Wechsler and Froma Harrop condemn the issue of binge drinking among students and agree on its negative effects‚ they suggest different solutions to tackle it in different manner. However‚ Wechsler’s article appears to me to be more convincing than Harrop’s due to a variety of reliable evidence‚ his high standing in the academic community‚ and persuasive rhetoric‚ and the fact that Harrop’s position does not fit my personal opinion. Audience: Vesalius professors and students
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A basis on truth for stereotypes was mentioned earlier. Despite mainstream media’s exaggeration for several of the most popular stereotypes of fraternities‚ there is some truth. First and foremost‚ binge drinking is recognized by most articles concerning fraternities. Even with this acknowledgement‚ it is not uncommon to find a college student who drinks quite heavily‚ whether it is during parties or not. According to College Magazine’s online article‚ 5 Stereotypes Frat Guys Will Drink To Forget
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2011 HSC 421 Prof. Garrido Binge Drinking Among College Students With extreme rates of binge drinking among young adults‚ college students continue to be a primary focus for a range of alcohol prevention efforts. The rates of binge drinking among college students is nearly double the rates for high school students‚ which may indicate that the college environment encourages high risk drinking. Many students view heavy drinking as a rite of passage that everyone must go through in life and be looked
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The serious impact of binge drinking has so many different aspects to it. The researchers stated that binge drinking have a big impact on college students who are freshmen because most of them are not aware of the effects of binge drinking can have on college students. This is a major problem‚ because there are a lot of negative impact binge drinking can have on one’s life. When it is taken lightly it occurs more frequently‚ but many students are not aware of it. The researchers reviewed over literature
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In Henry Wechsler’s‚ “Getting Serious about Eradicating Binge Drinking”‚ he discusses the issue of binge drinking. Binge drinking is an extensive problem on college campuses. The majority of colleges merely focus on the student‚ rather than what encourages students to drink. Fraternities‚ sororities‚ and athletics are huge sources of the students on campus who drink. There are many approaches colleges can take to decrease the problem‚ and many colleges are already getting a head start. It is also
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is a commonly known fact that alcohol is a drug that negatively affects a college campus on a daily basis and I see it first hand affecting UNC-Charlotte. There are a number of reasons that this is true. College is one of the main places that binge drinking occurs because you are finally living on your own and can make your own decisions. This is extremely unfortunate because most of the students in college are between the ages of 17 and 22. According to studies until the age of 25‚ the human brain
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