Why do individuals engage in binge drinking – what’s at stake if they abstain?

The focus of this case study is on the initiation of drinking as an adolescent in the United States. Even more specifically, you will focus on binge drinking as a rite of passage in Greek systems (fraternities and/or sororities).

Read the articles located below and write a response that describes:

The public health perspective about the risk behavior (facts and figures demonstrating the risk and impact of the risk on morbidity and mortality to self and others, property, etc.);

The meditating social and cultural factors influencing the behavior;
Primary perceived risk (by specific individuals); in other words, why do individuals engage in binge drinking – what’s at stake if they abstain? LINK BELOW

http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1069424.pdf