The five types of college drinkers

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The Washington Post (D.C.)

By Jenna Johnson

"A new study of college drinkers has found that about two-thirds of students binge drink on a weekly basis -- for a guy, that means chugging five drinks in two hours. For women, it's four drinks. On average, students said they did so about twice a week."

"Okay, so maybe that's old news. "

"But here's something that caught my eye in a news release about the study (which was paid for by the Ad Council and The Century Council): A breakdown of the different types of drinkers, complete with nicknames. ..."

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