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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work on a college campus and drinking today is very different than in 1992.

In my day, drinking 3-4 nights a week was not uncommon. Drinking to drunk was the MO of maybe 20% of the campus, every single weekend. (It's surprising to go to a reunion and see how many of us quit drinking entirely).

There was also a fair amount of coke.

Today (and this is not a big southern party school but a T20 northeast school), fake IDs are plentiful - everyone has one - but I bet 1/3rd of the kids never drink or have less than 2 drinks a month.  Most are weekend only drinkers and that's 2-4 drinks a night (not drink to drunkness).  And a very slim get really drunk regularly.. Maybe 5%.

IOW, in my day, most kids got drunk almost most weekends. Now I'd say most kids get drunk 3-4 times a year.

Weed and edibles very common, but again, we dont have kids passed out in the yard like we used to. [/quote]

Agree. My kid sought schools w/out Greek/heavy drinking. It was between a Slac and an Ivy. He’s at an Ivy and still doesn’t drink. He’s also serious about a sport/his body/health. He’s happy, very social- they just don’t her things—lots of pick up sports and hang outs, etc.

My nephews at state schools (one my alma mater) had heavy drinking—it was more like back in my day.

Obviously, certain schools have a culture of heavy drinking and/or heavy Greek, hazing issues, etc. [/quote]

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