Students ‘happier when binge drinking’

Published on 21/08/2012 01:02

UNIVERSITY students are happier when they binge drink – at least in some American colleges, a study has found.

Scientists in the US discovered that students who engaged in alcohol-fuelled nights out were generally more cheerful and content than their restrained colleagues.

But the “positive social effects” of binge drinking were no protection against its health hazards, they stressed.

Dr Carolyn Hsu, from Colgate University, in Hamilton, New York, said: “Among all groups, we found that binge drinking and social satisfaction were strongly connected.”