Quote Originally Posted by Cataholic View Post
If, as a society, we took more time to educate/socialize our children to alcohol, its effects, responsible drinking, etc., we could go a long way towards curbing these unfortunate tragedies.

"Just Say No", raising the drinking age, forbidding alcohol, etc., has proven not to be effective.
I really agree with this. My college campus was also a dry campus but of course that never stopped the kids/young adults from sneaking alcohol into their dorms. What impacted me the most about caution when drinking was a video my Psych professor showed us during a chapter on drugs and alcohol. It talked about exactly how alcohol can build to a toxic level in your body, it showed some true stories of kids that had died from it, and most scary to me, just how close you are to toxicity and death when you drink to the point of being ill. When you are ill from drinking your body is trying to rid you of a toxic amount of alcohol. If for some reason the body isn't able to make that happen, you can easily die.

That video stayed with me and had far more effect than threats and proscriptions did.