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1) Almost certainly not. If a program is going to restrict otherwise legal/socially-acceptable behavior (like drinking alcohol, as some do) they'll make that clear up-front.

2) If it were a problem at a specific program, would you actually want to match there?


Source: I am an academic attending. If one of my residents hit a five-leg parley or something, I would expect that to be presented during rounds.