Stemming the trend will take cultural changes, experts say
Heavy consumption of alcohol over a short period of time, the prime characteristic of binge drinking, was something 45 percent of college students participated in by the middle of this decade, according to a study released last year in the Journal on Studies on Alcoholism and Drugs. That's an increase of 3 percent from the late-1990s. full story»
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