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This article talks about binge drinking and alcohol use and its effects on students. They describe how binge drinkers are more likely to smoke cigarettes and engage in marijuana, cocaine and other illicit drug use. Also this article talks about alcohol use and its negative effects on students and its effect on rapes, suicides and motor vehicle accidents. This article also explains the correlation between alcohol and drug use and abuse. With this in mind these effects with help me better understand alcohol abuse. This is great insight on negative effect of alcohol. There are the negative effects of marijuana but compared to the impaired non judgmental effects of alcohol the two do not compare. This is a great article because it helps me better understand the correlation between these drugs. Also it gives me more statistical information on how I should present facts and numbers.

This article surrounds the idea that obesity in college students can be traced to eating disordered behaviors. They conducted research of students with different weights in order to find which weight group had the least amount of nutritional education. The higher weight group would partake in such unhealthy activities such as binge eating and a "preoccupation with food".

There are many colleges students that engage in illegal alcohol and drug consumption. There had been a rise un marijuana and other illicit drugs used. Many colleges students claim they drunk and do drugs to relax. In 2005 the number of college students claiming to smoke marijuana climbed to 4%. This huge number of students helps support the rise in drug use on college campus. This is becoming a problem among college students. This article is the best one I have found it talk about the rise of drug use among college students. It talks about statistical data and the percentages of use among college students. This is more statistical data that just show that there is more needed to be done with college students and drinking these days. With this in mind I will out these into my article and use them accordingly.

Would lowering the legal age help colleges curb alcohol abuse?