Journal #5 Yorick

In the article “Getting Serious about Eradication Binge Drinking,” Wechsler talks about how to prevent binge drinking from adolescents. Binge Drinking, indeed, is a serious problem especially in college, because college students consider it as a way of relax and having fun. Wechsler gives some ways to eradicate this phenomenon in his article, for example: “Students who become drunk and disorderly should be made to take responsibility for the messes that they have created.” But I doubt that whether this punishment would be as effective as it seems like. Although some people will feel regret about the mess after the hangovers, they will still drink another time. Because many people will forget how hard it is to clean up the mess when they are drinking. So in this way, this punishment would not be an effective way to prevent binge drinking.

       There could be other ways to stop this sort of behavior such as penalty and taking courses. If anyone is caught binge drinking, they should pay a certain amount of money and take educational courses that teach them the negative influence of drinking. In this way, people will be regret for the money they lose and the time they spend for the courses. If they do not get drunk, they could use the money and the time to do things they want to do.

       Binge drinking should definitely be stopped. Based on some research, drinking too much alcohol would cause damage to the brain which will influence the intelligence and the ability of memory. What’s more, getting drunk would cause serious problems, for the behavior cannot be well controlled by our mind. It was reported that people hurt their friends without awareness because of the influence of alcohol. Since binge drinking has so many negative impact, of course, it should be stopped.