There must be a better way. Though the idea of inducing many college students not to drink is oddly appealing. H. L. Mencken observed years ago that the complaint against Calvin Coolidge that he spent too many hours in the White House asleep failed to acknowledge the benefits to the country when a president is asleep. When he is awake, he is usually curtailing the liberties of the people. There is always, of course, the search for the root complaint.
Alcohol consumption is in part escapist.