This Is Fun? According to a national survey of college students, more than half “drank to get drunk” in the previous year (Wechsler & Nelson, 2008). Despite the deaths from alcohol poisoning of several college students each year, binge drinking and public drunkenness remain common at spring break celebrations. College students currently spend $5.5 billion a year on alcohol, more than they spend on textbooks, soft drinks, tea, milk, juice, and coffee combined (Nelson & others, 2005).
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