Excessive alcohol and alcohol consumption among US college students and adults has been shown to be extremely dangerous and responsible for many deaths. Therefore, a huge change in the amount of alcohol consumption in the United States is needed, and with this change there will be an explicit alteration in the amount of alcohol consumption. The first article chosen is titled “Alcohol Mixed with Energy Drinks: Consumption Patterns and Motivations for Use in U.S. College Students.” This article is written by Cecile A. Marczinski and discusses the “new popular trend of consuming alcohol mixed with energy drinks (AmED)” (Marczinski 1). It touches on many topics related to the number of deaths and injuries that occur each year due to alcohol-related problems. Additionally, the article provides a wide range of statistics on excessive alcohol consumption among US college students. The second article found was written by multiple authors, but one of them, Timothy S. Naimi, is titled "Binge Drinking Among US Adults." This article is the predecessor of “Alcohol Mixed with Energy Drinks: Consumption Patterns and Motivations for Use in U.S. College Students.” It touches on many of the same topics as the updated article, but focuses exclusively on binge eating among U.S. adults, not college students. It also provides a lot of relevant information and statistics on excessive alcohol consumption among US adults. An interview with Ann Wooten, president of the board of directors of the House Corporation of Chi Omega, a sorority at UNC Chapel Hill, conducted by yours truly, is a worthy contribution to the ongoing dialogue, because it demonstrates that alcohol consumption among students U.S. college students is life-threatening and a growing epidemic that has been sweeping the United States for years. The interview also...... medium of paper...... For example, one of these is the widespread marketing of beer and wine through television and print media, where a disproportionate share of the public may be at below the legal drinking age limit and particularly likely to drink excessively. Another obstacle is that much of the general public views alcohol intoxication as something fun or a rite of passage” (Naimi, 5). Both of these ideas for preventing excessive drinking, excessive alcohol intake, and death due to impairment are important ideas that should be taken seriously and possibly implemented. Works Cited Naimi, TS; Brewer, RD; Mokdad, A.; Denny, C.; Serdula, M.K.; Marks, J. S. Bing Drinking among U.S. adults. JAMA 2003, 289, 70-75. Print.Marczinski, Cecile. “Alcohol Mixed with Energy Drinks: Consumption Patterns and Motivations for Use in U.S. College Students.” Environmental and public health.(2011): 12. Print.