Alcohol_Abuse_Among_College_Students

Alcohol Abuse Among College Students Alcohol Abuse Among College Students Binge or excessive drinking is the most serious problem affecting social life, health, and education on college campuses today. Binge or excessive drinking by college students has become a social phenomenon in which college students do not acknowledge the health risks that are involved with their excessive drinking habits. Furthermore college students do not know enough about alcohol in general and what exactly it does to the body, or they do not pay attention to the information given to them. College students across the United States end up missing class, having unprotected sex, damaging property, and getting injured as a result of abusing alcohol. Besides alcohol poisoning, there are many cancers and diseases associated with alcohol abuse that ultimately lead to death. Liver cancer, breast cancer, and skin cancer can all be associated with alcohol abuse (Drinking: A Students Guide, 2001). Also heart and liver disease can be associated with alcohol abuse (Drinking: A Students Guide, 2001). Ultimately the over all wellness among Colleges and Universities in the United States drops dramatically when alcohol is abused. Students who go to college believe that binge or excessive drinking is a social norm; that when you go off college, students, alcohol, drinking, abuse, 2001, drink, guide, social, excessive, experience, because, time, among, one, norm, it’s, alcoholism, alcoholics, 2000, , women, united, ultimately, states, really, much, liver, having, excessively, class, binge, between, been, associated, about, young, year, work, statistics, socially, simply, sex, reported, report, related, problem, possible, out, obtain, men