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4 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses alcohol, college and poverty as they relate to contextual relationships between drug use and crime. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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education. Alcohol, a legal drug restricted only by age, proves both plentiful and popular among teens aged twelve through seventeen, with both casual and binge drinking reflecting a higher
percentage of usage in college-age teens (GDCADA, 2004). The marriage between alcohol consumption and college life has long been accepted as the norm within the confines of campus existence;
however, the past decade has marked a period in time when violent outbreaks and campus riots are being attributed more and more to the overindulgence of alcohol, rendering it illegal
on several major school grounds. Even though such alcohol restrictions represent a potential answer to the problem, they are also causing even more riotous behavior inasmuch as students contend
their rights are being violated by the limitation. The issue at hand is not casual social drinking but a phenomenon known as binge
drinking. Teens who choose to imbibe do so without considering the detrimental effects of such heavy consumption, rendering them volatile and defiant when authorities are summoned to calm down
a situation that has become out of hand. That binge drinking "is dangerous; its a problem to protest, not a right to defend" (Anonymous, 1998, p. 26A) brings to
light yet another detrimental impact of teenage drug use. The 1990s heralded in a new kind of teenage college student who does not
take kindly to authority figures, frequently utilizing alcohol as the means by which to call forth the courage necessary to defy it. A combination of "youthful self-indulgence and fearlessness"
(Anonymous, 1998, p. 26A) has been to blame for the recent rash of alcohol-related campus riots. Inasmuch as teenage college students have become "more aggressive and less respectful" (Stockwell,
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