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For Young Adults, Timing is Critical for Alcoholism Rehabilitation

With the number of students experimenting with drugs and alcohol on college campuses these days, there will continue to be a need for alcohol and drug rehab. However, getting a student into alcoholism rehabilitation is not something you want to put off once you see there's a problem.

A recent study by USA Today found that alcohol was often involved in student deaths.

Fires, falls and alcohol poisoning from excessive intake are some of the deaths reported in this study dated the beginning of 2000.

Though some students arrive on campus ready to experiment with new found freedoms, many arrive with alcohol abuse habits already in place, according to Tim McDonough of the American Council on Education.

Mr. McDonough says colleges "are trying to educate and enforce and break habits already in place. These issues are tough, but college institutions have been working on them for a long time."

It is these types of issues that make alcoholism rehabilitation programs vitally necessary for college age students. Without a solution for abuse issues such as these, the lives of today's young people can be cut short without ever really getting started.

One such death reported by USA Today stemmed from a fraternity initiation. The prosecutor in the case reported that the fraternity pledges drank several shots and, sometimes, an entire bottle of alcohol in under an hour. One pledge died two days later.

Why the crazy behavior? Jeffrey Parsons of New York's Hunter College says that some students go wild and act crazy, enjoying new freedoms. Unfortunately, this often leaves the parents and the universities pointing fingers.

College officials count on parents teaching responsibility and parents assume colleges enforce drinking rules.

In either case, the result can be alcohol or drug abuse, and death.

Without getting these students the help they need from an alcohol and drug rehab program, we may be sending them to an early death instead of preparing them for their future.




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This article was written by Karen Morris. For more information, visit DrugRehabReferral.com

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