Concerned colleges try to stanch flow of cheap beer

College campuses are concerned with the amount of beer that students are consuming. They believe a primary reason for the amount of beer consumption is because it is so cheap and available. The article proposes if alcohol prices were increased students would purchase less beer. Many students turn to beer because it is cheaper than other forms of entertainment.

Would increasing the price of beer or making it less available really reduce the amount of beer consumption? The article was an example how price can effect demand. College students are typically known as having a limited budget. Raising the price of beer may stop some students from buying as much beer, but won't eliminate drinking completely unless a equally fun source of entertainment is available at a cheap price. College students drink beer. An incoming freshman now has more access to it than he or she did in high school solely on the fact that they become friends with the people who are of legal age to purchase it. Something should be done to make stricter laws of supplying beer to minors. Recently in Massachusetts, when a person purchased a keg, they must register the house with the local police as to where the keg will be as well as the person who purchased the keg must sign the side of it and they are held legally responsible if under-age people are consuming that beer. I think something along those lines would probably work better on college campuses. Change the entrance to bar to all be 21 or above. Would the bars really lose that much money? How much income do they really make on the under-age kids?