The Associated Press reported June 30 that Peter Nathan, an alcoholism expert at the University of Iowa, found that more university students are binge drinking despite the drinking-limits law enacted two years ago.

The Iowa City law prohibits bars from selling more than two servings of alcohol to one person at a time. The law also bans promotions such as drink specials.

For the study, 353 undergraduate students were interviewed. Prior to the law, a 1997-2001 study found that the rate of binge drinking was 69 percent. Since the law was enacted in 2001, the rate increased to 75 percent.

"Despite all these efforts, or maybe because of them, students are drinking as much as ever," said Nathan, a professor of psychology and of community and behavioral health. "And they're bingeing a little more than ever."

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