April 26, 2002

40% of College Students Are Binge Drinkers, New Report Affirms

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism echoed earlier reports that roughly 40 percent of college students are binge drinkers. Using a controversial definition for binge drinking, the report condemns "the culture of drinking" as "antithetical" to higher education.

According to the study, students are most likely to drink if they are first-year students, male, white, members of Greek societies, athletes, attending a college in the Northeast, or attending a college with

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