Time Magazine reports that 240,00 to 360,000 of the current college student body will eventually die of alcohol-related causes because of the binge drinking habits that they picked up in their college years. That amount of students would be like the entire student body of one of the top ten ivy league schools dropping dead all at once. Binge drinking is significantly increased during a young persons' college career for many reasons; including lack of education about alcohol, the accessibility of drugs, and the fact that for the first time adolescents are on their own. When you combine these reasons it is no wonder that the use of alcohol is associated with the leading causes of death and injury among teenagers and young adults.
             Education is not used to the fullest extent when drinking is involved. Most school programs are there to teach the students about the consequences of other drugs such as cocaine and marijuana but these programs are rarely focused on the effects of the drug alcohol. These other drug-related programs are helping to reduce the use of illegal drugs but the fact remains the 87% of high school seniors have used alcohol in comparison to the 63% that have smoked cigarettes, the 32% who have used marijuana, and the 6% that have never used cocaine, according to a new jersey underage drinking prevention coalition. This lack of education is a significant problem considering that the first time a youth drinks is usually around the age of thirteen. This young age proves that as a society we need to have more drug abuse classes with a strong focus on the abuse of alcohol as well. In most cases the attempt to educate teenage students comes in the form of film stripes; even though these stripes can be educational they don‘t always get the point across because they lose the attention of the students who are watching. New programs that are more exciting and upbeat need to be implemented in which the students are involved...