<p>This thread is very illuminating. We hear so much about the dangers of binge drinking lately (by lately, I mean in the last five years or so). I wonder if there was as much problems with this when the drinking age was lower. When I went to college, the age was 18 and while there was a lot of drinking at frat parties, I never heard of people dying from alcohol poisoning as we do now.</p>
<p>Unfortunately my D learned of the dangers of this in high school with two unfortunate experiences. One involved a student on a field trip that brought vodka smuggled in water bottles and drank so much 911 had to be called. Needless to say there were lots of consequences to that. The other occurred at a post-prom party at a hotel where the same thing happened, one child drank so much the others were scared and called 911. We had several conversations about the effects of alcohol, how much is too much, and what to do if you see others in this situation (bottom line, call 911 if you have the least concern about it).</p>
<p>I didn’t realize amnesty or the lack thereof is an issue on some campuses, I agree, that is important to know.</p>
<p>Have not had the “red cup” conversation in the way described above, but have had several conversations of the variety of warning her never to drink from a cup that has been out of her sight, even for a second, not to let someone else get the drink for her, etc. Unfortunately I had an experience when I was in college with drinking from a cup that I didn’t know where it came from or who filled it, and let’s just say I was lucky that it ended well although it was not pretty. That is also a very important conversation to have, especially with young women.</p>