Drinking on campuses

The Idea that there is not a binge culture among students below the age of 21 on college campuses is naïve. Statistics show that over 5,000 people under the age of 21 die each year from causes related to drinking. If there was more responsibility placed on these students from an younger age, science shows that the alcohol related deaths would be reduced significantly. The idea that alcohol is a “Forbidden Fruit” is the exact reason why people under the age of 21 are binge drinking to the extent that they are. 129 colleges and Universities like Ohio University all over the country are proposing a change in the legal drinking age.

Reasearch

After more Extensive research was completed, I realized that college campuses are truly beginning to attempt to tackle to issue with binge drinking and alcohol abuse. In one article entitled, Drinking While Young, the author described, “Teenagers want to drink because it’s a ‘Forbidden Fruit’. If drinking alcohol were legal at 18, proponents of lowering the drinking age argue, it wouldn’t be such a big deal, and those under 21 would be less likely to drink” (Pesall, 2008). This recent outcry for change in drinking age is being expressed highly on college campuses and many University Presidents are beginning to speak out on this issue. John McArdell, President of College of Middlebury, Vermont states, “The problem isn’t underage drinking per se, the problem is that underage drinking is now forced off campus, leading to a culture of dangerous, clandestine binge-drinking” (Alcoholism Weekly, 2008).

Research

After more Extensive research was completed, I realized that college campuses are truly beginning to attempt to tackle to issue with binge drinking and alcohol abuse. In one article entitled, Drinking While Young, the author described, “Teenagers want to drink because it’s a ‘Forbidden Fruit’. If drinking alcohol were legal at 18, proponents of lowering the drinking age argue, it wouldn’t be such a big deal, and those under 21 would be less likely to drink” (Pesall, 2008). This recent outcry for change in drinking age is being expressed highly on college campuses and many University Presidents are beginning to speak out on this issue. John McArdell, President of College of Middlebury, Vermont states, “The problem isn’t underage drinking per se, the problem is that underage drinking is now forced off campus, leading to a culture of dangerous, clandestine binge-drinking” (Alcoholism Weekly, 2008).