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Ban Alcoholic Beverages on Campus
Various arguments have been presented in the past regarding whether or not alcoholic drinks or beverages should be banned on campus grounds even for those students who have attained the legal drinking age. This text advances the opinion that there is need to ban alcoholic beverages on campus with the said ban applying to even those students who are of the legal drinking age.
From the onset, it would be prudent to note that banning alcohol beverages would come in handy in efforts to minimize alcohol abuse or use later on in life. This is an assertion that is backed up by research conducted in the past. For instance, in a study conducted by Wechsler, Gledhill, and Nelson (2001), the authors made a finding to the effect that students at ban colleges were 30% less likely to be heavy episodic drinkers and more likely to abstain from alcohol (p. 135). It therefore follows that in banning alcohol in campus, we would be helping students to be more responsible adults later on in life, i.e. by further enhancing their chances of abstaining from alcohol going forward.
Further, it would also be prudent...
Permitting any other activity that is not aligned to the core mandate would be inappropriate and counterproductive. Towards this end, alcoholic beverages should be banned on collages based on the fact that they do not in any way advance the overall agenda of such institutions. Further, colleges have a responsibility to ensure that they promote a safe environment for all students. Permitting students to drink on college would essentially fly in the face of the said responsibility. This is more so the case given that every year, 696,000 college students are assaulted by another student who has been drinking (University of Nevada, 2021).
Next, it would also be prudent to note that banning alcoholic beverages in campus would be a step in the right direction in seeking to promote the health and wellbeing of students, while at…
References
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism – NIAAA (2002). Changing the Culture of Campus Drinking. https://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa58.htm
Reilly, K. (2016). Why Banning Hard Alcohol on College Campuses May Not Be the Answer. Time. https://time.com/4463227/stanford-hard-liquor-ban/
University of Nevada (2021). Is Binge Drinking in College Worth a Lifetime of Damage and Health Issues? https://onlinedegrees.unr.edu/blog/binge-drinking-in-college/
Wechsler, H., Gledhill, J.E. & Nelson, T.F. (2001). Alcohol use and problems at colleges banning alcohol: results of a national survey. J Stud Alcohol, 62(2), 133-141.
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