June 23, 2000
For Underage Drinkers, Alcohol Is Cheap and Easy to Get, Survey Finds
News flash: A new study finds that underage drinking is pervasive on college campuses.
No, that's not a headline from The Onion, the publication that specializes in parodying newspaper headlines that are too obvious.
The study was led by Henry Wechsler, a Harvard University researcher who has conducted three national surveys on the drinking habits of college students.
He and his colleagues found that, despite the 21-year-old drinking age, most
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