THE LEDGER-STAR
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, December 7, 1994 TAG: 9412070640
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: WASHINGTON POST
DATELINE: BOSTON LENGTH: Short : 26 lines
Nearly half the college students in America are binge drinkers who cause an array of ``second-hand'' problems on campus ranging from vandalism to rape to fatal accidents, according to an extensive new study.
The findings, culled from a survey of 17,592 students, present a picture of U.S. college campuses awash in beer, where a projected 3 million students go on drinking sprees even though most are too young to drink legally. On some campuses, the rate of binge drinking soared to 70 percent of the student body, and fraternities and sororities had still higher rates.
The study, which appeared in Tuesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, found that 50 percent of male students and 39 percent of female students are binge drinkers. by CNB