A recent piece in Time Magazine suggested that the prevalence of marijuana use in the United States may be associated with more and more Americans realizing that marijuana is safer than alcohol. 

Another factor may be an increasing awareness that marijuana may be less toxic than other drugs, such as tobacco or alcohol.

The Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study (CAS) has released the results of a landmark study that explored the impact of college's environments on the prevalence of binge drinking by their students.

The massive study examined more than 50,000 students on 120 college campuses over a period of 14 years, and it concluded that many campuses and their surrounding communities "inadvertantly promote drinking."

Of course it also found that binge drinking by students contributes to a variety of serious health and social consequences that are NOT associated with marijuana use, including overdose, sexual and physical assault, and vandalism.

SAFER has been saying this for the past three years. It has continually highlighted the growing problem of binge drinking on college campuses and pointed out the dangerous message being sent many universities that alcohol use is more acceptable than marijuana use.