{"id":152685,"date":"2023-03-30T11:48:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T09:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=152685"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:42","slug":"why-the-word-beer-isnt-allowed-anymore-five-questions-and-answers-on-the-universitys-alcohol-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/03\/30\/why-the-word-beer-isnt-allowed-anymore-five-questions-and-answers-on-the-universitys-alcohol-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the word ‘beer’ isn’t allowed anymore. Five questions and answers on the university\u2019s alcohol policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2018, the university committed to the National Prevention Agreement. The goal: to have halved the number of students who drink too much by 2040. Are the students doing well? Five questions on the university’s alcohol policy.<\/p>\n

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It happens everywhere: in the pub, at student associations, and in living rooms. Alcohol consumption is apparently inherent to student life. That has to change, the central government decided in 2018. \u201cExcessive and heavy alcohol consumption must become a less natural part of student life in the years ahead\u201d, the National Prevention Agreement states. According to the government, there is much to be gained in higher education where few preventive measures have yet been taken.<\/p>\n\t

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The National Prevention Agreement and the Trimbos Institute maintain the following meanings:<\/p>\n