@article{ref1,
title="College alcohol use: a full or empty glass?",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="1999",
author="Wechsler, H. and Molnar, B. E. and Davenport, A. E. and Baer, J. S.",
volume="47",
number="6",
pages="247-252",
abstract="Data from the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study (1993) were used to describe weekly alcohol consumption and its associated problems among a representative national sample of college students. The median number of drinks consumed/week by all students, regardless of drinking status, was 1.5. When students were divided by drinking pattern, the median number of drinks/week was 0.7 for those who did not binge drink and 3.7 for those who did so infrequently. For frequent binge drinkers, the median was considerably higher: 14.5 drinks/week. Nationally, 1 in 5 five college students is a frequent binge drinker. Binge drinkers consumed 68% of all the alcohol that students reported drinking, and they accounted for the majority of alcohol-related problems. The data indicate that behavioral norms for alcohol consumption vary widely among students and across colleges. Therefore, it may not be possible to design an effective &quot;one size fits all&quot; approach to address college alcohol use.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448489909595655",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448489909595655"
}