Binge drinking, says Dartmouth College, is a public health
challenge that we can all help address. The approach comes as a
new way to help stop dangerous and deadly binge drinking, which
destroys lives on almost every national campus. Many
universities are working to fight the problem with awareness
campaigns, student groups and other measures, but Dartmouth
College, says a recent article on The Washington Post, is taking
a research-based approach. Dartmouth President Dr. Jim Yong Kim
is leading an example it is hoped other colleges can follow by
addressing binge drinking with scientific research and results
that can be analyzed and distributed. Called Learning
Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking, Dartmouth will encourage
other universities to become a part of the project. Several
colleges and universities have agreed to participate in the
research on binge drinking, such as Duke, Princeton and
Stanford. Many of these universities have taken similar measures
in recent years to help save lives lost to binge dr