I agree with Ark on this one. WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
Remember, y'all-- I live in just such a place-- and this is not noted as being a particular "party" school. It's an ag and engineering school, mostly. A vet and pharmacy school. These are, by and large, pretty serious students who aren't there "just to party."
But there is also a healthy Greek system here, and these ARE college students we're talking about. I use the adjective "healthy" somewhat metaphorically, of course. Binge drinking is expected. It kills a few of them pretty much every year, too, but again, that is relatively NORMAL for a college campus of this size.
Every single person that I know who lives within a five block radius of the route between "downtown" and the Greek houses and residence halls has had a vomiting, drunk, or passed-out college student wind up somewhere on/in their property at some point-- some of them on multiple occasions.
Some kids do fine when you send them away to college. Some do not. Parents generally (if they are willing to look critically at their own offspring) think that they know, deep down, whether or not a child has the capacity for this sort of behavior--
but I've known way too many "good" kids that wind up in dire straits that their parents (and professors, for that matter) NEVER in a million years would have predicted. All it takes is one moment of bad judgement for things to snowball.
In other words, don't underestimate the potential-- no matter how responsible, law-abiding, or dutiful your child.
How does that relate to FA?
Well, in obvious ways, being impaired elevates the risk of error to levels which are frankly hair-raising. It also makes it that much less likely that a student will be ABLE to summon assistance-- since the assumption will be that this is 'drug/alcohol' related and not anaphylaxis. It also means that very few people AROUND your child will be in any position to assist with anything. Ever.
Parents greatly overestimate the amount of adult oversight that college students will have. In dorms or otherwise.