College drinking (and smoking and gambling)? At least do it safely and cheaply

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Money College vices
Money College vices

The Irish playwright and social critic George Bernard Shaw once wrote, "Bourgeouis morality is largely a system of making cheap virtues a cloak for expensive vices."

The philosophical implications of Shaw's critique could easily inspire hours of heated debate-or a toast over tequila shots--but Shaw got one thing right beyond argument: Those vices can get pretty freaking expensive. Given the number of multi-millionaire celebrities who've exhausted mind-boggling monetary resources on alcohol, parties, drugs and general debauchery, how can a cash-strapped college student expect to have even a semblance of a hedonistic good time without going completely belly-up?

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