Hidden Hazards of College-Age Drinking

Warning for college students: Avoid parties and social gatherings involving
drinking contests, devices that force you to consume alcohol rapidly, concoctions of alcohol-spiked punch, and drinking games like “21 for 21” (21 drinks for your 21st birthday.) They can be lethal.

The risk is that you, and those around you, may not realize before it is too late that you have consumed—and will continue to absorb—a lethal amount of alcohol.

Especially dangerous are hazing events where peer pressure and excitement can overwhelm common sense.

Your ability to refuse high-volume consumption of alcohol can be overpowered by the desire for approval and acceptance as well as the urging on of a chanting crowd. Better to lose your friends than your life.

From October 2008 Newsletter

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