Nearly 1 in 5 Underage Maryland College Students Have Alcohol Problems

Nov 18, 2013 | Research

reduce-college-drinkingMaryland Collaborative to Reduce College Drinking and Related Problems study shows alcohol abuse, dependence affects 19 percent of state’s underage college students.

It’s a Friday night, and the late-night shuttle bus has erupted into a chorus of “The Star Spangled Banner,” complete with students grasping the bus railings on each side and flipping in midair.

This is what students such as Julia Jannetti, a freshman enrolled in letters and sciences, refer to as “the drunk bus.”

“It’s definitely overcrowded and crazy — I mean, it’s filled with a bunch of drunk college students,” Jannetti said. “It’s kind of funny how there are a bunch of people on the bus and everyone starts singing the same thing or doing the same chant. It’s kind of like the spirit that you get at sporting events.”

Read the full story here.

Nearly 1 in 5 Underage Maryland College Students Have Alcohol Problems

Nov 18, 2013 | Research

reduce-college-drinkingMaryland Collaborative to Reduce College Drinking and Related Problems study shows alcohol abuse, dependence affects 19 percent of state’s underage college students.

It’s a Friday night, and the late-night shuttle bus has erupted into a chorus of “The Star Spangled Banner,” complete with students grasping the bus railings on each side and flipping in midair.

This is what students such as Julia Jannetti, a freshman enrolled in letters and sciences, refer to as “the drunk bus.”

“It’s definitely overcrowded and crazy — I mean, it’s filled with a bunch of drunk college students,” Jannetti said. “It’s kind of funny how there are a bunch of people on the bus and everyone starts singing the same thing or doing the same chant. It’s kind of like the spirit that you get at sporting events.”

Read the full story here.

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