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...Demographic differences may account at least in part for this difference—more college students living in Massachusetts, fewer members of fundamentalist religions that ban alcohol,” wrote Henry Wechsler, director of the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Studies Program, in an e-mail. “In addition, it is speculated that the cold winter weather may limit outdoor physical activity, and offer fewer recreational alternatives to drinking...
...Wechsler, who said he was unsure whether Harvard participated in his study, wrote in an e-mail that administrators differ significantly in their proposed solutions to undergraduate alcohol abuse...
...this point we are simply putting together a catalogue of different measures at different schools. We have not gotten near the point of making recommendations,” said Badaracco, who met with Wechsler earlier this school year to discuss his alcohol-related research...
...Wechsler did, however, acknowledge that this could be a case of dual causality—schools with stricter alcohol policies can have less of a drinking problem once the policy is in place...
...Wechsler, a champion of restrictions on alcohol supply, drew criticism from colleagues over the summer when he reported that “social norms” marketing, which promotes decreased alcohol consumption by sending students the message that heavy alcohol consumption is not the campus norm, is ineffective...