For Some College Students It's Party 'til You Die

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Education, Society & Culture

4.3 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The most dangerous place for freshmen isn’t a dark alley, it’s a party. Inside the deadly culture of college drinking nobody wants to talk about.

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0:29.9	You've heard me say this before.
0:32.2	College is supposed to be where your kids go to grow up.
0:36.9	But tragically, for some, it will be the place where they go to
0:41.7	die. In 2025, the most dangerous thing on many college campuses isn't crime. It's alcohol.
0:48.6	And I'm not talking about having a beer or two. I'm talking about binge, blackout, mostly underage drinking, treated like
0:57.5	and accepted as a rite of passage. Kids will be kids or a ticket to the end crowd. But here's
1:07.1	the real story. College kids today aren't drinking like you may have when you went to school.
1:14.2	No, no, no.
1:16.0	They're drinking faster.
1:17.3	They're drinking harder.
1:18.3	They're drinking longer.
1:19.4	And they're drinking in places where no one is really in charge.
1:23.4	There's no adult in the room.
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