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Tuesday, September 29, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Binge drinking hurts students
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habit of going to bars and parties with her friends, until one sobering evening.
Cednick said she and her friends went to a party last January and drank a lot.
"The next day I threw up from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m." she said.
Cednick said that was when she realized she wanted to have a good time without drinking excessively.
"I didn't want to sit over a garbage can because of drinking," she said.
One liquor store employee said students drank to relieve the pressures of studying.
"After studying all week, students want to go out and have a
good time," said Greg Allison. Shawnee senior and Myers Retail Liquor employee.
The Harvard survey also noted that nearly 60 percent of the students who were not binge drinkers and who lived on campus, experienced at least one second-hand effect of binge drinking.
Dara Friedman, Overland Park senior, said she had seen several fights break out at parties and bars.
"A couple times, people have got hurt," Friedman said. "The worst I saw was when someone got kicked in the face and had to be taken to the hospital."
In addition to grades, studying and relationships slipping because of problem drinking, the damage done to the body can range from
temporary to permanent.
For those who have overindulged and end up with a hangover the next day, Rock said the best cure is hydration and time.
He said if someone frequently binged on alcohol, he or she was starting on a course to chronic liver problems.
"Alcohol is a toxin to the liver and even a single episode of drinking can elevate enzymes in the liver," he said. "Then if you should add Tylenol, for example, it elevates the enzymes even more."
Rock said if someone consumed alcohol to a dangerous level, he or she should go to the local hospital. He said that kind of extreme episode could lead to respiratory distress, heart failure and even death.
Officers use discretion enforcing law
Zero-tolerance policy unreal expectation
Minors who violate city and state alcohol laws face fines, jail time or imprisonment in a state penitentiary, but the whole process is discretionary.
Kansas has a zero-tolerance policy toward minors but Lawrence police Sgt. George Wheeler said the policy was probably an unreal expectation
"Zero tolerance is a problem because it would entail every officer arresting everybody they see and charging everyone they arrest with everything they possibly could," he said. "I don't know if we're really doing this."
"The spirit of the law is to apply it in a fair and practical manner," he said.
Wheeler said officers commonly enforce the spirit of the law.
There are basically two types of alcohol laws enforced in Lawrence: city ordinances and state laws.
Lawrence police said city ordi.
nances primarily regulated cereal malt beverages, drinks with 3.2 percent or less alcohol.
The three main city ordinances are operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, minor in possession of a cereal malt beverage and public consumption of a cereal malt beverage.
All are punishable by up to one year in jail, a fine or both.
Wheeler said judges used a sliding scale to dole out punishment.
State laws deal with beverages containing more than 3.2 percent alcohol.
Possession of alcohol by a minor, purchase of alcohol by a minor, sale of alcohol to a minor and knowingly or unknowingly allowing consumption of alcohol by a minor are the most common state alcohol laws.
"If you're arrested for one of those violations, one of two things will happen," Wheeler said. "You could be given a notice to appear in court or arrested and booked into jail."
Another state law, driving while intoxicated, is nearly identical to the city ordinance of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Jail time and fines for a OUI or a DWI are the same.
Police said the difference between the two charges depended on whether the driver had broken another state law.
Someone pulled over for an OUI might be charged with DWI, if it
ORDINANCES AND LAWS
The main city ordinances are punishable by up to one year in jail and a monetary fine set at the municipal court judge's discretion.
Minor in possession of cereal molt beverage
- Public consumption of a cereal malt beverage
- Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol
- The main state laws are punishable by incarceration in a state prison and a monetary fine set at the district court judge's discretion.
- Possession of alcohol by a minor
- Purchase of alcohol by a minor
- Sale of alcohol to a minor
Allowing consumption of alcohol by a minor
example, they were in possession of cocaine.
In that case, both state charges would be used to keep the incident in the district. not the municipal, court system.
Wheeler said this was done to cut down on the paper work and to keep the person from having to appear in both courts.
Susan Holzman, Lawrence junior, said discretion should be used in prosecuting alcohol offenders.
"I guess it could depend on if they are trouble or not," she said.
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