Young adults in college using fake IDs to buy alcohol are more likely to engage in high-risk drinking and are at a greater risk for developing drinking problems, a new study finds.
Heavy drinkers were more likely to use a fake ID to buy booze, the study concluded, and students with access to alcohol through false identification tended to increase their consumption in both frequency and quantity. Nearly two-thirds of the respondents in the study used fake IDs to buy alcohol among a sample of 1,015 college students.
The study was written by researchers at the Center on Young Adult Health and Development at the University of Maryland School of Public Health and at the University of Maryland College Park psychology department.
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