Local view: Program reduces college drinking and its consequences
January 16, 2012 at 6:00 pm in Duluth News Tribune
The Jan. 11 article in the News Tribune, “CDC: Young adults down 9 drinks when they binge,” quickly caught my attention. The article presented the standard definition of binge drinking as the consumption of five or more drinks for males and four or more drinks for females. As a University of Minnesota Duluth sociology professor who’s now retired and who currently is coordinator of the Tri Campus and Community Coalition on Student Drinking (T3C), I have been examining college student drinking and its consequences over the past decade for the three Duluth campuses (UMD, the College of St. Scholastica and Lake Superior College). The three Duluth campuses have used random sample surveys of students either using the National College Health Assessment or the University of Minnesota Boynton College Health Survey.
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An even better idea, and one that would actually work, is on a national level, removing the stigma of alcohol use (along with MJ). Because America tells its youth that it’s totally ok to watch violence, hear swearing, and see some sexuality, it’s no big deal. But because of the taboo nature around booze, once kids are free of mom & dad, and hell, they don’t even need that, it’s chug chug chug til finally they get sick of it, die, or they become full-on alcoholics.
If you remove the stigma and “naughty” nature behind alcohol and make it not as big a deal, then you’ll see real progress.
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