ASTalumna06, I saw that the first time.
Research and policy organizations worth their salt assess and critique extant research and data and that includes CDC data (CDC researchers and independent researchers always explain their methodology). One thing we know is there is more reliable data (police data and hospital data) on alcohol poisoning than there is for binge drinking. Most binge drinking research uses self-report data, self-reports have limitations, and most binge drinking does not result in alcohol poisoning or a 911 call.
(I mistakenly lumped binged drinking and alcohol poisoning together in my first post when I was really talking about binge drinking. The poster I was responding to was initially talking about alcohol poisoning.)
All of this matters because school policies and city-state policies on alcohol consumption can either go based on data or go based on theory of "alcohol is bad....mmmmkay?!" The former is usually more successful than the latter. The former requires assessing the data, evaluating control factors, comparing across years and other contexts, and also not assuming that the implementation of a policy is the direct cause of a decrease in binge drinking and/or alcohol poisoning. For example, I read somewhere that binge drinking can decrease with an increase in the state tax and a shift in alcohol advertising. States can make those changes and be hopeful but they need not assume those changes will result in a decline in binge drinking.
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