Why do college students like alcohol?

Icarus
Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:41:31 +0000

Getting drunk is not a reasonable risk. It’s stupid and the kind of "I’m young, I’m invulnerable, and nothing bad can happen to me,



why not? You haven’t offered anything substantial, but rather have given unqualified statements like “its stupid”
I think it is a reasonable risk as long as you aren’t completely stupid about it (i.e. getting drunk in a bad part of town by yourself, etc.). If you are with friends who can take care of you if you go a little too far, it is an acceptable risk. In all the time I’ve been in EMS, going on thousands of calls, I have never had a case of actually life-threatening alcohol poisoning. Of course you can get to that point, but only if you ingest a massive amount of actual alcohol in a short period of time. Your body usually shuts you down well before that point by vomiting.