Case Study

The focus of this case study is on 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 whats at stake if they abstain?