This is a blog post from Ari Pregen's Blog
A Different Green for St. Patty’s this Year
It seems perfectly pertinent on this St. Patrick’s day – as millions of Americans are already in the process of shirking all adult responsibility and becoming intolerably drunk – to point out the significant differences in today’s choice of recreationally available substances.
As of 2012, more than 135 million (52.1%) of American’s over age 12 reported that they drink alcohol. Now don’t get me wrong, I love a good Craft Lager or Double Chocolate Stout as much as the next full blooded Irishman. However I have, in my short time on earth, seen friends with serious drinking problems and had binge drinking problems myself. Virtually anyone who goes to college these days has a scary percentage-type chance of becoming dependent on alcohol or at least in a position where they abuse alcohol a few days a week. Without fail every weekend at my Alma-Mater, the University of Virginia, kids would pick up cases of beer, handles of liquor, and scout off in the direction of the loudest day-drinking party they could find.
There is never a shortage of party-hards on any college campus, and the problem becomes that poor decisions are contagious. On Greek heavy campuses, drinking becomes part of the ritual …read more
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