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You can bring a horse to water... I still think kids that age think they are bulletproof. I can tell you that kids are told over and over about the consequences of drinking- teachers discussing underage drinking and the consequences in health classes/assemblies in high school; parents having discussions with their teenagers; the MAD sponsored twisted remnants of a car involved in a alcohol-related crash in the high school parking lot for a couple of weeks before Prom; the required Greek-wide seminars discussing alcohol; the kids they have known who blacked out from drinking time and time again; they just don't think it will happen to them. I would like to see more teaching friends to look out for friends who might have alcohol poisoning-signs, when to get them medical attention, possibly saving said friend's life, even if the consequences other than the alcohol poisoning could be pretty tough.
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