Fall means the start of school, and it also is a time of parents bringing their kids to their new home and starting life on their own in college. It's obvious that they are going to school to get an education and receive a degree to land them their dream job. The thing that isn't obvious, are the parties, drugs, and other things that might hinder your child from graduating.
For most college campuses, drugs and alcohol abuse are a major concern. Underage drinking is a real problem also. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism(NIAAA), young adults aged 18-22 who are enrolled full-ime in college are more likely than their peers not enrolled full-time to use alcohol in the past month, to binge drink, and to drink heavily. Binge drinking is the drinking of alcoholic beverages with the primary intention of becoming intoxicated by heavy consumption of alcohol over a short period of time. Each year 3,360,000 students between the age of 18 and 24 drive under the influence of alcohol. 696,000 are asaulted by another student that has been drinking. Alcohol abuse directly affects academic performance leading as many as 25% of college students to report they have cut class, fallen behind, done poorly on exams or papers, and as a result received a lower grade. Alcohol abuse also can result in disciplinary actions like loss of scholarship, probation, suspension, or even expulsion.These facts were found from the http://columbia.injuryboard.com/miscellaneous/avoiding-the-college-hangover.aspx?googleid=285076&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+injuryboard+%28InjuryBoard+Local+Blogs%29 website. Overall drinking is bad, especially if you are underage, so think again before you pick up a bottle of beer next time because i doubt you would want to suffer the consequences of drinking.
