We have all heard the terms binge drinking, boozing, sloshed, tanked, tipsy, tooted, hammered, and the like. Binge drinking on college campuses is something that has grown to an all-time high. All too often we have heard the horror stories of how kids are getting behind the wheel of a car after a night of binge drinking, and end up killing everyone involved, but themselves. Binge drinking is dangerous and until we all realize that it has serious effects, we will never fully understand it.
             The Harvard University student questionnaire defined a "drink" as a 12-ounce can or bottle of beer, a 12-ounce can or bottle of wine cooler, a four-ounce glass of wine, or a shot of liquor, either straight or in a mixed drink. "Frequent" binge drinking was defined as binge drinking three or more times in a week. This is something that we have all heard about, and we all know well, but again, do we really think about it. Statistics show that binge drinking is on the rise among college students. For males and females alike, the statistics are on the rise. For college males, the books define binge drinking as drinking five or more drinks in a row in the past two weeks. For college females, the books define binge drinking as having four or more drinks in the past two weeks. As far as what happens when the individual is intoxicated, now that is a whole different issue. Studies have shown that 81% of women and 82% of men have hangovers the next day. More than 26% of women and 33% of the men polled, admitted to engaging in unplanned sexual activity the night before. 42% of women and 45% of males admitted to missing a class the next day. Frequent binge drinkers were the ones that had the most serious problems. Frequent binge drinkers were over 16 times more likely to miss a class the next day, than non-binge drinkers. The results of most of the studies showed that binge drinking is the most serious drug addiction on college campuses. More than 44% of the s...