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Americans in New Zealand drink more

Mike Gayner

Mike Gayner

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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10680063

American students who come to New Zealand to study, drink twice as much alcohol than they would at home, University of Washington research has found.

The study found those who went to Europe, Australia or New Zealand drank more heavily while they were abroad than those who went to Asia, Latin America, the Middle East or Africa.

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Pedersen's data also support the idea that students younger than 21, the legal drinking age in the US, take advantage of more relaxed drinking laws abroad. The underage students in his study nearly tripled their drinking, whereas students over 21 doubled their intake of alcohol.
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My understanding is that the article isn't quite right - doesn't the drinking age in the USA depend which state you're in?
 
Mike Gayner said:
My understanding is that the article isn't quite right - doesn't the drinking age in the USA depend which state you're in?
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It did at one time. The Feds started to use Highway $$$$ as ransom for all states to raise the drinking age to 21. They are doing the same thing with DUI being a .08 limit.

I like to think that when most people go abroad, they tend to drink more/engage in more risky behavior than they would at home. I do not doubt this study. I don't know about "twice as much" though. From the college parties I have been to, if anyone was drinking "twice" what they were drinking, they would be dead. 🙂

Although if they are talking about under 21, it is because they have legal access to it as opposed to having someone else obtain it for them.
 
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also, the study is weak for other reasons. Asia, Middle East, Africa? Seriously? These are not big drinking cultures. AT ALL. Fuck, Asians can hardly drink. (though they sure try)

comparing underage American students in those cultures to Aussie/Kiwi/European culture is lol.
 
Further proof that Americans are pretty much all irresponsible fools. It really bothers me that you come to my country and fuck it all up by being stupid drunks. Why can't you guys just stay in your own country for once? Why do you have to go and bring your violence and ignorance everywhere you go?
 
theflyingpig said:
Further proof that Americans are pretty much all irresponsible fools. It really bothers me that you come to my country and fuck it all up by being stupid drunks. Why can't you guys just stay in your own country for once? Why do you have to go and bring your violence and ignorance everywhere you go?
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Burma/Myanmar, right?

:hmm:
 
theflyingpig said:
Further proof that Americans are pretty much all irresponsible fools. It really bothers me that you come to my country and fuck it all up by being stupid drunks. Why can't you guys just stay in your own country for once? Why do you have to go and bring your violence and ignorance everywhere you go?
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Fail?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption

Per capita recorded alcohol consumption (litres of alcohol) among adults (>=15 years)[1] Country Value Latest Year

Afghanistan 0.0 2003
Albania 2.0 2003
Algeria 0.2 2003
Angola 3.9 2003
Antigua and Barbuda 5.7 2003
Argentina 8.4 2003
Armenia 1.5 2003
Australia 9.0 2003
Austria 11.1 2003
Azerbaijan 4.5 2003
Bahrain 7.0 2003
Bangladesh 0.0 2003
Belarus 5.5 2003
Belgium 10.6 2003
Belize 6.3 2003
Benin 1.3 2003
Bhutan 0.2 2003
Bolivia 3.2 2003
Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.1 2003
Botswana 4.3 2003
Brazil 5.8 2003
Brunei 0.1 2003
Bulgaria 5.9 2003
Burkina Faso 5.0 2003
Burundi 9.1 2003
Cambodia 1.5 2003
Cameroon 3.8 2003
Canada 7.8 2003
Cape Verde 4.8 2003
Central African Republic 1.5 2003
Chad 0.3 2003
Chile 6.6 2003
China 5.2 2003
Colombia 5.7 2003
Comoros 0.3 2003
Republic of the Congo 2.6 2003
Cook Islands 3.7 2003
Costa Rica 5.7 2003
Côte d'Ivoire 1.8 2003
Croatia 12.3 2003
Cuba 2.3 2003
Cyprus 11.5 2003
Czech Republic 13.0 2003
North Korea 3.3 2003
Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.9 2003
Denmark 11.7 2003
Djibouti 1.8 2003
Dominica 7.5 2003
Dominican Republic 6.7 2003
Ecuador 2.4 2003
Egypt 0.2 2003
El Salvador 3.7 2003
Equatorial Guinea 3.4 2003
Eritrea 0.6 2003
Estonia 9.0 2003
Ethiopia 0.9 2003
Fiji 1.7 2003
Finland 9.3 2003
France 11.4 2003
Gabon 8.0 2003
Gambia 2.6 2003
Georgia 1.5 2003
Germany 12.0 2003
Ghana 1.6 2003
Greece 9.0 2003
Grenada 6.7 2003
Guatemala 1.5 2003
Guinea 0.2 2003
Guinea-Bissau 2.2 2003
Guyana 3.8 2003
Haiti 8.3 2003
Honduras 2.9 2003
Hungary 13.6 2003
Iceland 7.0 2003
India 0.3 2003
Indonesia 0.1 2003
Iran 0.0 2003
Iraq 0.2 2003
Ireland 13.7 2003
Israel 2.5 2003
Italy 8.0 2003
Jamaica 1.7 2003
Japan 7.6 2003
Jordan 0.3 2003
Kazakhstan 3.0 2003
Kenya 1.5 2003
Kiribati 0.5 2003
Kuwait 0.0 2003
Kyrgyzstan 3.6 2003
Laos 6.9 2003
Latvia 9.6 2003
Lebanon 3.2 2003
Lesotho 1.8 2003
Liberia 3.8 2003
Libya 0.0 2003
Lithuania 9.9 2003
Luxembourg 15.6 2003
Madagascar 1.6 2003
Malawi 1.4 2003
Malaysia 1.1 2003
Mali 0.5 2003
Malta 6.0 2003
Mauritania 0.0 2003
Mauritius 3.0 2003
Mexico 4.6 2003
Federated States of Micronesia 1.2 2003
Mongolia 2.8 2003
Morocco 0.5 2003
Mozambique 0.5 2003
Myanmar 0.3 2003
Namibia 6.0 2003
Nauru 0.9 2003
Nepal 0.2 2003
Netherlands 9.7 2003
New Zealand 9.7 2003
Nicaragua 2.5 2003
Niger 0.1 2003
Nigeria 10.6 2003
Niue 9.5 2003
Norway 5.5 2003
Oman 0.3 2003
Pakistan 0.0 2003
Panama 6.0 2003
Papua New Guinea 1.6 2003
Paraguay 3.7 2003
Peru 3.8 2003
Philippines 3.5 2003
Poland 8.1 2003
Portugal 11.5 2003
Qatar 4.4 2003
South Korea 7.9 2003
Moldova 13.2 2003
Romania 9.7 2003
Russia 10.3 2003
Rwanda 6.9 2003
Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.7 2003
Saint Lucia 11.5 2003
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.0 2003
Samoa 1.7 2003
São Tomé and Príncipe 7.0 2003
Saudi Arabia 0.0 2003
Senegal 0.5 2003
Seychelles 3.4 2003
Sierra Leone 6.4 2003
Singapore 2.2 2003
Slovakia 10.4 2003
Slovenia 6.7 2003
Solomon Islands 1.0 2003
Somalia 0.0 2003
South Africa 6.7 2003
Spain 11.7 2003
Sri Lanka 0.3 2003
Sudan 0.3 2003
Swaziland 4.6 2003
Sweden 6.0 2003
Switzerland 10.8 2003
Syria 0.5 2003
Tajikistan 0.4 2003
Thailand 5.6 2003
Macedonia 5.7 2003
Togo 1.2 2003
Tonga 0.8 2003
Trinidad and Tobago 4.2 2003
Tunisia 1.2 2003
Turkey 1.4 2003
Turkmenistan 1.2 2003
Tuvalu 1.4 2003
Ukraine 6.1 2003
United Arab Emirates 0.0 2003
United Kingdom 11.8 2003
Scotland 12.2 2009 [2]
England 10.3
Tanzania 5.5 2003
United States 8.6 2003
Uruguay 7.7 2003
Uzbekistan 1.5 2003
Vanuatu 0.8 2003
Venezuela 6.7 2003
Vietnam 0.9 2003
Yemen 0.0 2003
Zambia 2.4 2003
Zimbabwe 4.4 2003
 
About half of the American students I know drink heavily (they love their drinking games, especially beer pong and flip-cup) and the other half are teetotalers.
 
zinfamous said:
also, the study is weak for other reasons. Asia, Middle East, Africa? Seriously? These are not big drinking cultures. AT ALL. Fuck, Asians can hardly drink. (though they sure try)

comparing underage American students in those cultures to Aussie/Kiwi/European culture is lol.
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I think that was the point of the study....durr.
 
GodlessAstronomer said:
If I read the article right they are comparing American exchange students to American domestic students, not to NZ students.
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I read it as Americans in NZ/Aussie/EU vs Americans in Asia/Mid East/Africa

(Well, I didn't read anything. Just what was quoted in OP. :sneaky🙂


This seems to be secondary argument. They drink more than the other exchange students, and 2x as much as domestic American students.

This is certinaly true (vs domestic students). Being able to drink publicly is a novelty that is hard to escape for Americans. When I was abroad for a spell, I was already US drinking age, so it wasn't a big deal for me. nothing novel, so I didn't exactly drink that much more...well, way more wine. that's for sure.
 
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