Too little and people don't feel their needs are being met, too much and it greatly undermines the effictiveness of substance free housing everywhere on campus. Having a totally substance free housing is unrealistic at best and seems likey to cause more problems than solutions. I think many schools seem to fail to take into account that the thing students resent the most is being treated like children. The overall contribution of substance-free housing to the quality of life in our residence halls is substantial. Providing substance-free housing could provide the much needed environment for some one who is already struggling with a problem or is in recovery.
Recovery is hard enough.
Students don't deserve to have to listen to the party going on across the hall. I think it is naive to think that people under the age of 21 are not drinking. Most students find it ridiculous and contradictory that they are considered adults by law and yet aren't able to consume alcohol. The government is sending them a mixed mesage. There are more auto related deaths than alcohol related ones per year hands down.