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Guest column: How to tackle alcohol abuse on campus

Weâ??ve got to do more to save our young people from alcohol abuse. Itâ??s a killer.

More than 1,800 college students die each year from alcohol, and 500,000 students are injured by it, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

By day, these students have curious, textured, challenging minds. By night, too many are getting black-out drunk, mixing shots with potent drugs, and randomly hooking up.