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Article: TASK FORCE SEEKS WAYS TO CURB ALCOHOL ABUSE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES DEATHS OF STUDENTS LAST FALL PROMPTED STATE TO ESTABLISH A PANEL ON PROBLEM.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- January 3, 1998
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Byline: LORRAINE EATON, STAFF WRITER
Local college students have some blunt advice for members of the Attorney General's new Task Force on College Drinking: Don't restrict drinking so much that it becomes even more alluring to young people; teach practical information about drinking in public high schools, such as how much is too much; and encourage parents to openly discuss alcohol and its dangers with their children.
They also believe that campus drinking is so pervasive that it will be nearly impossible to curb.
``It's a difficult problem and almost one I wonder whether can be tackled,'' said Ramin Fahti, a 1996 graduate of Norfolk Academy ...