Vermont: Hospitalizations (Alcohol) Before Formal Starts

[HQWest]

Binge drinking is definitely up among women. It seems to be more common for kids to have more drinking parties in high school - maybe access is easier?

It also seems to be harder to have a drink at a function and so girls seem to feel the need to drink a whole bunch in the hopes of keeping their buzz till the party which is what leads to incidents like this.

We did have problems 20 years ago when we would show up for a party and another chapter had the ballroom across the hall. They would all be sick in the bathroom so their dates would come over to our party. So if you cant have fun without getting smashed - you probably need to at least work on your conversationskills

[DrPhil]

I just realized that poster said "alcohol poisoning" and not "binge drinking". There is more consistent and reliable data of an increase in alcohol poisoning since 2001 than there is of an increase in binge drinking since 2001. Pardon me for the misread.

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by HQWest

Binge drinking is definitely up among women. It seems to be more common for kids to have more drinking parties in high school - maybe access is easier?

It also seems to be harder to have a drink at a function and so girls seem to feel the need to drink a whole bunch in the hopes of keeping their buzz till the party which is what leads to incidents like this.

This and this. Drinking in high school is super common, at least where I live. Everyone has an older brother or sister or friend who can get them alcohol. School dances were full of drunk people at my high school, some of whom ended up getting sent to the hospital for alcohol related problems. The school ended having to run random breathalyzer checks before letting kids into prom. Don't know if that's par for the course at other high schools though.

And it is much harder to get a drink at a function if you're not 21. To be able to buy drinks you have to submit your age to the date list and then get a wristband once on the outside of the event and again on the inside after showing a member of Exec your ID both times. A lot of girls have realized that they won't be able to buy alcohol when they get to the event so they pregame a lot instead to make up for it.