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Maura Valle, a health educator with University Health Services (UHS), and other prominent health researchers agree on two things. One, that a college atmosphere is conducive to heavy drinking and two, that excessive drinking in college can lead to more serious alcohol-related problems in the future...
...word 'party' has become synonymous with drinking," says Henry Wechsler, a social psychology lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health...
...second, less prominent set of difficulties may not become visible for another 10 to 20 years after college. Excessive drinking may continue after the college years and result in serious health or social problems. "Patterns that are not really problematic now may become problematic later because of the constant use of alcohol," Matano says...
Valle says that there are a number of signals that may be indicating the presence of a drinking problem. She cites as symptomatic many of the same problems Matano identifies as day-to-day results of drinking: tensions at home, school, and the workplace, health complications and legal and financial trouble...
...Usually, problems will begin in relationships and work down, but they can appear in any of these," Valle says. Health problems can range from injuries incurred while intoxicted to gastro-intestinal problems and weight gain, she says...