It takes a village

By Allie Grasgreen

"Ever since states in the 1980s raised the drinking age to 21, a huge focus of college health experts has been to prevent illegal drinking by freshmen and sophomores, most of whom, at residential colleges, are under the legal drinking age. But increasingly, health experts say this emphasis -- however understandable -- has ignored an important reality: the individuals who drink the most, and are therefore more susceptible to risky behavior, are legal drinkers 21 and over."

"According to the national College Alcohol Study, juniors and seniors binge drink more than freshmen and sophomores, and legal-age students drink more overall than underage students. Those findings may not be terribly surprising; when students turn 21, alcohol is almost always within reach. ..."

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