The Center for Disease Control reports that "about 90% of the alcohol consumed by youth under the age of 21 in the United States is in the form of binge drinks." TODAY stated that up to 42% of college students binge drink.
Binge drinking caused 19 year old star student Molly Amman's death. Her friends put her to bed to sleep it off but she never woke up. She's not alone.
Salvador Guevara Preciado, was found dead at a friend’s house on Saturday near school. He might have survived a night of binge drinking had others sought medical help for him. South California NBC News reported, "The Los Angeles Unified School District has launched an administrative investigation after allegations surfaced that a seasonal assistant football coach may have driven Preciado from the party to another friend's house, but did not alert the family nor school officials of the boy's condition."
Hundreds of American students die every year from alcohol poisoning. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
defines binge drinking as a pattern of drinking that brings a person’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0.08 grams percent or above. This typically happens when men consume 5 or more drinks, and when women consume 4 or more drinks, in about 2 hours.
defines binge drinking as a pattern of drinking that brings a person’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0.08 grams percent or above. This typically happens when men consume 5 or more drinks, and when women consume 4 or more drinks, in about 2 hours.
Schools and fraternity's are being held accountable by parents who are suing wrongful death. Parents of Michael Starks, a Utah State University student who died of alcohol poisoning in a 2008 fraternity hazing sued for wrongful death. His parents dropped the lawsuit when the University committed to make changes.
Alcohol is a primary contributor to date rape. Mob mentality, peer pressure, group think are often blamed for alcoholic inebriation. You are trusting your friends with your life and health when you binge drink. Average emergency room costs for binge drinking detox is $1,300 a night. It's less expensive than a funeral. Passing out from alcohol can be deadly.
On abroad programs - health insurance may not cover alcohol and drug 'incidents'.
On a sandy beach in Cabo, Mexico during April 2012 spring break, a man with megaphone calls out to students strolling the beach, "First two Kamikaze's on us!" There are many takers. Kamikaze defines a suicide mission. Rightly so.
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