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Posted: Wednesday, 09 July 2008 5:05AM

College Students Drinking to Death




by KYW's Ian Bush

College and alcohol: for many, the two go hand-in-hand. A new study finds more than 150 college-age people died from alcohol poisoning over a recent six-year span.  But an area professor warns that's only the beginning.

Undergrads are inventive when it comes to some things.  But boozing doesn't seem to be one of them:

"There's simply drinking on the couch."

"Beer pong, flip cup, card games."

"Quarters -- where you bounce a quarter into a shot glass."

"The classics: they work.  It's what people want at parties."

Researchers from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse found 1700 college kids suffer alcohol-related deaths each year. 

Some head to the roads when the keg is kicked, and go from students to statistics. 

St. Joe's sociology professor George Dowdell:

"Many college students drink. I think the real issue is they drink excessively or dangerously. That should be our main concern -- the minority of college students who binge drink or are frequent binge drinkers."

That's one in every five. He says colleges need to develop comprehensive social programs -- they won't end drinking, but can have a positive effect on choosing under the influence.


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