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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

College Drinking Survey: Nearly Half of Maryland Students Binge Drink

About 47 percent of Maryland college students who responded to a survey on alcohol consumption engaged in binge drinking during the month before they were asked, according to a survey released Tuesday.

In the first Maryland College Alcohol Survey, binge drinking was defined as five or more drinks in a row within two hours for men and four drinks or more for women at least once in the past month.

William Kirwan, the University System of Maryland Chancellor, said the survey showed the rate of student drinking in Maryland reflected a rate of binge drinking similar to the national average.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

and These are the people who have pushed the law to the point that they want GRAIN alcohol banned!

Anonymous said...

Calling it that sort of name makes it sound like a bad thing.

Anonymous said...

Really? No way!