Summary Of The Banning Of Alcohol On College Campuses

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Although this is a problem on college campuses, critics believe this will not help prevent the rape on campuses and that colleges should take responsibility to educate their students to spread awareness. Instead of alcohol consumption rates decreasing due to the ban from college campuses, they have increased. In journalist Katie Reilly’s article, Why Banning Hard Alcohol on College Campuses May Not Be the Answer, Reilly gathers information about the recent ban of alcohol at Dartmouth College and statistics, “found that 85% of students said they had consumed hard alcohol since the ban took effect” (Reilly). Reilly explains how banning alcohol consumption did not stop the usage, but increased the amount being taken in, so therefore banning alcohol

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