tion funds to those states that did not raise the MLDA to twenty-one. In 1998, about 10.4 million drinkers in the United States were less than twenty years old. These statistics are hard enough to believe now, but these numbers will rise even higher unless something is done to stop this disturbing trend especially on our college campuses.
             In addition to it being against the law for most university students, alcohol abuse symptoms could emerge. Alcohol abuse means drinking more alcohol than is socially, psychologically or physically healthy. Some of the most noticeable symptoms of a person abusing alcohol include: neglecting personal appearance, missing work because of drinking, becoming irritable, violent or subject to mood swings, finding it hard to stop drinking, and feeling angry about drinking. Alcohol abuse can have serious effects on a persons life and health. There are alcohol abuse effects that can clear up in the first year or two of sobriety. Some times alcohol abuse effects will never clear up. When use of alcohol becomes abuse of alcohol a few things occur. The first and most apparent is the want of more alcohol. This obsession sets in shortly after abuse begins. The obsession will grow and grow the more and more alcohol is abused. It is an endless cycle of addiction. Shortly after the obsession has set in, the damage begins. The first thing to go is concentration level. The alcohol abuser will become more scattered in thought as time goes on. This is the first sign of short-term memory loss. Another alcohol abuse effect is blackouts. Blackouts are occurrences where the user loses time. It is as if the abuser is in a dreamless sleep, but to everyone else he/she is awake and acting as if fully conscious. Blackouts are an extremely dangerous alcohol abuse effect. During these times the alcoholic can do things and not even remember. There are also the alcohol abuse effects that happen outside of the body. These consis...