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Originally posted by Rudey
I think the no-keg policy isn't necessarily to stop people from drinking beer. I don't think it is at all. It's not a no-beer policy or a no-keg and no-can policy. I bet it has more to do with the problems associated with kegs. Prostitution isn't an act that hurts anyone really but it's usually illegal because of the problems associated with it; next thing you know there are crackhouses and high crimes area there as well. So probably some other high risk behavior is often attached to kegs.
-Rudey
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True but, where is the benefit? If you cant have kegs but can still have cans then the risk is still there. Everyone still drinks. I have been to parties where chapters bought cases by the pallet. At my sisters sorority they go to BYO parties with 500 people. Some people bring bottles of hard alcohol. I don't have any stats in front of me but I am sure the number of deaths has increased since the no keg policies were passed. Just look at the previous post. Most of the deaths involved hard alcohol, not draft beer. It is a higher risk to drink a bottle of hard alcohol vs 10 beers. Some of the high blood alcohol contents would have been impossible if the students were drinking draft beer. The kid from Michigan state drank 24 shots in 2 hours. If he was drinking beer he would have had to drink about 24, 12 oz beers or 288 oz of beer. That is like 2 gallons. He would have gained 18 lbs. Almost impossible. So where is the benefit?