Even though you must be 21 years old to legally purchase alcohol, a large portion of college students under 21 consume alcohol on a regular basis. This is because …show more content…
Most of the reported behaviors showed little to no change until after the legal drinking age was raised in 1987. To prove this, 45% of students reported vomiting after drinking from 1982 to 1987. After the 1987 law change, over 50% of adults reported throwing up. A substantial increase other college related variables increased. Leaving class early after a night of drinking jumped from 10% to almost 15%. Missing class due to being hung-over went from 25% to 30%. Students receiving lower grades because of drinking rose from 5% to 10%. These increases in abusive and irresponsible drinking are due to privately drinking in student dorms and apartments where individuals would gather and play drinking games and proceed to get drunk while outside of adult