Spring Break = Health Risks?

Spring Break is a huge time of year for college students. It's a time for hanging out with friends, beach trips, and for some, lots of drinking and lots of sex.

The AMA is warning young college women about the hazards of excessive drinking and/or sexual activity during spring break. The article states that women process alcohol differently than men and poses a higher risk for health problems. Unprotected sex can obviously lead to some unexpected guests, whether in disease or child-like forms.

The AMA surveyed 644 college women and graduates. 74% admitted to using drinking as an excuse for excessive and outrageous behaviors.

Spring break is also a kind of college tradition. 30% stated it was a necessary and essential experience to college life. Plus, spring break is marketed. MTV has a kind of reality series based on spring break activities.

Do you think warning young women about the risks of excessive behavior is woth it, given the tradition of the event? Do you think it'll happen anyway? What are the costs of these behaviors? What kinds of "complements" to spring break are marketed and sold more around the same time?