Safe Drinking for College Students

Text: If you are a college student then I am sure that you have had enough people lecturing you on the evils of alcohol to drive you to drink. I have no intention of doing that because there is nothing inherently evil about alcohol. There is nothing diseased or morally wrong about having a few beers now and then. For that matter there is nothing diseased or morally wrong about getting totally hammered now and then so long as you don’t harm yourself or anyone else in the process. Abstaining from alcohol, drinking in moderation, or engaging in recreational intoxication are all matters of personal choice–no one else has any right to dictate what you do or do not put into your own body. Of course this also means that you do not have to get coerced by others to get hammered if you do not want to. To drink or not to drink–that is your own free choice. Even if you do choose to get hammered once in a while you don’t have to let it interfere with your school or your life if you don’t want it to. If you are a neophyte drinker who has little or no experience drinking alcohol then we very strongly urge you to take it slow and easy until you know what you are doing. Every year in the United States over 300 people die of alcohol poisoning. At least ten times this many have their lives saved by getting their stomachs pumped at the emergency room. A Blood Alcohol Content of 0.3 is fatal for the average human. Some people are more sensitive to alcohol than others and could potentially …