My case is that the stressors faced within the first years of college including but not limited to heavy academic work load, change of living environment, a job or volunteer work and competition among students pertaining to grades cause a high level of stress which can lead to mental health problems and ultimately the increase in frequency and volume of drinking and drug use on college campuses. In the world of privatization so much emphasis is placed on education and grades there has been a shift from college as a life experience and a place where students would “find themselves” to a quick vocationally based training program. Privatization also creates financial strain for the lower income students who often have to a work a full time job to put themselves through school. Alcohol and drugs are well known to be a coping mechanism and i believe students are using them to an excess in order to cope with the stress of the college life of the new millennium
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10091960
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