christman

** Hello, I’m Amelie Christman, Senator of North Dakota. I went to college and law school at Yale University and it was there that I found that I loved politics. After college I moved back home to Bismarck, ND and when I really realized the issue with binge drinking and I want to make people aware. I will use a political model for this because my political ideology is in the middle. My main issue is the rate of binge drinking by college/grad students in North Dakota is ridiculous. North Dakota has the highest binge drinking rate in the United States and I want to make a bill to lower the binge drinking rates **

**//__Drinking Just to Drink__// ** To make the nation more aware of the risks of binge drinking and what they can do to stop it.
 * __Purpose:__ **

** a Although college students commonly binge drink, 70% of binge drinking episodes involve adults over age 25 years. b. The prevalence of binge drinking among men is 2 times the prevalence among women. c. Binge drinkers are 14 times more likely to report alcohol-impaired driving than non-binge drinkers. d. About 90% of the alcohol consumed by youth under the age of 21 years in the United States is in the form of binge drinks. e. The proportion of current drinkers that binge is highest in the 18- to 20-year-old group (51%) f. Binge drinking is associated with many health problems: ** __Eligibility:__ **High School, College, Grad Students
 * __Findings:__ **
 * Unintentional injuries (ex. car crashes, falls, burns, drowning)
 * Intentional injuries (ex. firearm injuries, sexual assault, domestic violence).
 * Alcohol poisoning.
 * Sexually transmitted diseases.
 * Unintended pregnancy.
 * Children born with alcohol related problems
 * High blood pressure, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases.
 * Liver disease.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Neurological damage.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Sexual dysfunction.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Poor control of diabetes**.**
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 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">__Terms and benefits:__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Increasing alcoholic beverage costs and excise taxes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Limiting the number of retail alcohol outlets that sell alcoholic beverages in a given area
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Consistent enforcement of laws against underage drinking and alcohol-impaired driving
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Screening and counseling for alcohol misuse