The report's findings were based on a survey of 7,000 underage college students throughout the United States. The students, who are under the national minimum drinking age of 21, said liquor is easy and cheap to get. "In these college settings, where about one half of students are under age 21, regular use and abuse of alcohol is part of many students' environments," said the study's lead researcher, Henry Wechsler.

Wechsler and his colleagues determined that college students often paid less than $1 a drink, got alcohol for free, or paid a set price for an unlimited number of drinks at parties in dorms or fraternity houses. "Areas near college campuses are characterized by a high density of alcohol outlets, intense competition for customers,and high-volume, reduced-price sales," Wechsler said.

The report recommended stricter enforcement of drinking-age laws at bars and the curbing of happy hours, alcohol promotions and keg sales of beers.

The report is published in the June 19 edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

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