ABC reports a poll which shows binge drinkers in college are "happier" than their opposites. While the article discusses reasons why this might be, they tend to focus on the social circumstances in which binge drinking occurs.
Two comments: 1) discussions of binge drinking tend to blur the obvious fact that for many people, drinking is enjoyable; perhaps if this were recognized, we might be more attuned to reasons why it's impossible for college students to drink responsibly; 2) given the social satisfaction of binge drinking, I don't think colleges can solve the problem by trying to find less-than-satisfying substitutes.
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