Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Alcohol related deaths are prevalent on college campuses across the country and The University of Kansas is taking steps to examine the effects on its students.
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Every year thousands of college students die of alcohol overdose. Visit samspadyfoundation.org for more information.
On April 9th a group of concerned people met at the Hawk's Nest to discuss student life, alcohol misuse and strategies for addressing the problem. We have all seen and felt The University of Kansas is not immune to the dangers of alcohol. Although the final autopsy report is not back, the family of 19-year-old student and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity member Jason Wren says he died because of an alcohol overdose. His father wants to see changes on campus.
This raises another debate concerning alcohol dangers. The University is a dry campus, but fraternities and sororities are private property and are not required to maintain the same policy.
Every year an estimated 1,400 students die on college campuses from alcohol misuse, according to "Death by Alcohol."
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Dangers of alcohol felt on campus
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/07/26/drinking
This is interesting on what has worked.
Dangers of alcohol felt on campus
We could talk about lowering the drinking age while we're trying to figure out how to address all the alcohol problems on campus. Seems approptiate to me to at least have an intelligent discussion about it while we're exploring everything else. Just my 2 cents.
Dangers of alcohol felt on campus
This is a world wide concern that's getting even greater! The scary part of this, is that none of our youth appear to be aware of possible health afflictions awaiting them regardless if they're never even drunk nor bingeing.
At this time, there are 5 most common illness's derived solely from what many of us call(ed) moderate drinking. They are & in no particular order: -Grand Mal Seizures -Rapidly Progressive Deafness -Rapidly Progressive Blindess -Rapidly Corroded Livers -Heart Attacks None of these have any forewarning signs, nor any cures.
So, what do you think will happen, when all us old sod's have been dropped off in care of Nursing Homes, who's going to assume our many Profession's ? If our youth have already destroyed their own health & futures ? Something to think about, long and hard ! God Bless you all.
Dangers of alcohol felt on campus
Here's a novel idea: Let's start with some accurate statistics rather than a wild misquoting of an invalid guesstimate. Did anyone stop to think that 14 thousand deaths every year has got to be a wrong number? No way. A simple web search suggests that the author accidentally added an extra zero to an already debunked study. The number of deaths is more like 36, according to http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/YouthIssues/1140106101.html
Dangers of alcohol felt on campus
I've said it before, I'll say it again: If you're out of cereal, the best breakfast for a growing college student is a nice stout, or failing that, a Boulevard Wheat. Studies have shown that a beer or two a day will help keep the osteoporosis away (especially important for the ladies) and keep your blood pressure nice and low. So, next time you're thinking about stopping for coffee, just remember: Beer!
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