Parents can think what they want, but the truth of the matter is many college students are drinking.

If they aren’t drinking, they’ve probably been around alcohol and have most likely been offered alcohol.

This topic has grown even more relevant over the past few weeks since the death of Jason Wren, a University of Kansas student, who was found dead after a night of drinking.

Jason’s father, Jay, argued that after drinking heavily with his fraternity brothers, Jason was clearly highly intoxicated and his brothers should have taken him to the hospital.

Instead, Jason was put to bed and after stumbling out was put back in bed.

This is where underage college students are presented with a dilemma.

Drinking while underage always is a risk, and one that college students take all too often.

Having such strict laws in place for underage drinking may make it more difficult for those students, who may take drinking a little too far, to act and seek help when they or others are placed in life-threatening situations, like Jason Wren’s.

But we can’t put the entire problem on the shoulders of the law.

As college students, we need to take responsibility for ourselves and others if we’re going to drink.

We need to know the signs and symptoms of someone who might be in trouble, and we need to be prepared for the possible consequences that could result from a night of fun.

Could it be that Jason’s fraternity brothers didn’t take him to the hospital because they feared they or Jason would get punished for drinking?

Or maybe it’s just such a common practice of college students that no one even thought about it.

Whatever the case, it's time to take responsibility and use our heads when having a good time, because you never know how the night will end. <br/>