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- catalog abstract "College binge drinking is more of an issue than ever ... At least two out of every five U.S. college students regularly binge drink, resulting each year in approximately fourteen hundred student deaths, a distressing number of assaults and rapes, a shameful amount of vandalism, and countless cases of academic suicide. In [this book, the authors] take stock of the problem. [The author] warns that drinking on campus is taking a bigger toll than most of us realize. And it's not just the students themselves who pay: One estimate puts the cost of underage drinking at around $53 billion a year, including $18 billion associated with traffic crashes that threaten the general public--about 57 percent of frequent binge drinkers and 40 percent of occasional binge drinkers admit getting behind the wheel after drinking. Is this a price we're willing to pay for a teenager's drunken "fun"? Perhaps more chilling even than the cold facts and figures are the personal confessions gathered [by the authors]. A frat brother who regularly drinks until he blacks out recounts how, if not why, he does it; a non-binge drinker tells about the secondhand effects of alcohol that he's suffered at the hands of inebriated roommates; and on- and off-campus partygoers describe the sometimes dangerous conditions encountered in college environments where heavy drinking is encouraged, especially at fraternity houses, sporting events, and university bars. [In this book, the authors] list specific ways that we all can take action against the binge drinking menace that hobbles higher education in this country.-Dust jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12592129.
- catalog contributor b12592130.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description "A culture of alcohol -- Where's the party? -- College sports and alcohol -- The problem of underage drinking -- Selling alcohol to students -- Advertising to generation next -- Alcohol "education" -- Alcohol's effect on body and brain -- Bad behavior under the influence -- College women, sex, and alcohol -- What students and schools can do -- What parents can do -- What communities can do.".
- catalog description "College binge drinking is more of an issue than ever ... At least two out of every five U.S. college students regularly binge drink, resulting each year in approximately fourteen hundred student deaths, a distressing number of assaults and rapes, a shameful amount of vandalism, and countless cases of academic suicide. In [this book, the authors] take stock of the problem. [The author] warns that drinking on campus is taking a bigger toll than most of us realize. And it's not just the students themselves who pay: One estimate puts the cost of underage drinking at around $53 billion a year, including $18 billion associated with traffic crashes that threaten the general public--about 57 percent of frequent binge drinkers and 40 percent of occasional binge drinkers admit getting behind the wheel after drinking. Is this a price we're willing to pay for a teenager's drunken "fun"? Perhaps more chilling even than the cold facts and figures are the personal confessions gathered [by the authors]. A frat brother who regularly drinks until he blacks out recounts how, if not why, he does it; a non-binge drinker tells about the secondhand effects of alcohol that he's suffered at the hands of inebriated roommates; and on- and off-campus partygoers describe the sometimes dangerous conditions encountered in college environments where heavy drinking is encouraged, especially at fraternity houses, sporting events, and university bars. [In this book, the authors] list specific ways that we all can take action against the binge drinking menace that hobbles higher education in this country.-Dust jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 322 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Dying to drink.".
- catalog identifier "1579545831 (hardcover)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Dying to drink.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale,".
- catalog relation "Dying to drink.".
- catalog subject "2003 C-247".
- catalog subject "362.292/088/375 21".
- catalog subject "Alcohol Drinking.".
- catalog subject "Alcoholic Intoxication.".
- catalog subject "Alcoholism Prevention.".
- catalog subject "College students Alcohol use.".
- catalog subject "Ethanol poisoning.".
- catalog subject "HV5135 .W397 2002".
- catalog subject "Students psychology.".
- catalog subject "Universities.".
- catalog subject "WM 274 W386d 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "A culture of alcohol -- Where's the party? -- College sports and alcohol -- The problem of underage drinking -- Selling alcohol to students -- Advertising to generation next -- Alcohol "education" -- Alcohol's effect on body and brain -- Bad behavior under the influence -- College women, sex, and alcohol -- What students and schools can do -- What parents can do -- What communities can do.".
- catalog title "Dying to drink : confronting binge drinking on college campuses / Henry Wechsler and Bernice Wuethrich.".
- catalog type "text".