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today in drugs we were talking about alcohol consumption and one guy threw out that we should just leave it up to the individual's discretion like what is done some countries in europe. well, that is a great idea, but if the culture doesn't set people up to make these choices, then how can we expect them to be responsible? in a culture (united states) where there are bar specials every night, where freshman feel as though they NEED to drink in college and where social events are planned as simply reasons to drink, how can we encourage responsible behaviors? are lives revolve around alcohol use.
here in la crosse the chancellor declared his mission is to cut binge drinking by 50% and the cops are "cracking down" on underage alcohol consumption. so what effect has this had on underage drinkers this semester? they're not going out. they're still drinking, but they are just not leaving the place they live-the dorms. people are afraid to go to parties, but they are not afraid to still drink. the amount of binge drinking is the same, but the venue for drinking has changed. so if the goal is to cut binge drinking by 50% and the way of going about that has been increasing the amount of officers at the entrances to campus on the weekends, what could we have predicted the result would be? in addition, cutting binge drinking and giving drinking tickets to underages aren't quite the same thing. while there is a correlation, underagers aren't the only binge drinkers. i think we all know that the upper classmen who just turned 21 are having their fair share of alcohol induced fun as well.
so maybe if the campus has decided to cut binge drinking by 50%, we could set up educational programs. or offer events that people really want to go to instead of drinking-not programs that exclusively draw the crowd that already doesn't drink. let's give people the access to the knowledge to make these decisions, and things to do instead of drinking. but then again, maybe it's easier to write out a slip of paper...
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love, bree
here in la crosse the chancellor declared his mission is to cut binge drinking by 50% and the cops are "cracking down" on underage alcohol consumption. so what effect has this had on underage drinkers this semester? they're not going out. they're still drinking, but they are just not leaving the place they live-the dorms. people are afraid to go to parties, but they are not afraid to still drink. the amount of binge drinking is the same, but the venue for drinking has changed. so if the goal is to cut binge drinking by 50% and the way of going about that has been increasing the amount of officers at the entrances to campus on the weekends, what could we have predicted the result would be? in addition, cutting binge drinking and giving drinking tickets to underages aren't quite the same thing. while there is a correlation, underagers aren't the only binge drinkers. i think we all know that the upper classmen who just turned 21 are having their fair share of alcohol induced fun as well.
so maybe if the campus has decided to cut binge drinking by 50%, we could set up educational programs. or offer events that people really want to go to instead of drinking-not programs that exclusively draw the crowd that already doesn't drink. let's give people the access to the knowledge to make these decisions, and things to do instead of drinking. but then again, maybe it's easier to write out a slip of paper...
<3 you
love, bree