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In an article, How Much College Students Spend on Alcohol, a lot of statistics are given to show how many college students drink, how much they're drinking and how much they're spending on alcohol. "80% of students drink alcohol, that's 17 million college students or 2 times the population of NYC. 50% of students who drink binge drink that's 8. ...
The Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) program consists of a brief survey given to students to help them assess their alcohol usage against other students. It also consists of one or two counseling sessions granted to the students to provide support and not be confrontational regarding their alcohol use.
With the average student taking five years to graduate and borrowing about $23,000 in the process, that means that more than 10% of all college loans are actually used to finance alcohol consumption.
The causes of alcohol abuse tend to be peer pressure, fraternity or sorority involvement, and stress. College students who abuse alcohol can suffer from health concerns, poor academic performance or legal consequences. Prevention and treatment include campus counseling, stronger enforcement of underage drinking or changing the campus culture.
At least 47% of college students' sexual assaults are associated with alcohol use [21] Women whose partners abuse alcohol are 3.6 times more likely than other women to be assaulted by their partners [70] In 2013, more than 14,700 students between the ages of 18 and 24 were victims of alcohol-related sexual assault in the U.S. [21]
A college football player arrested for drunk driving despite no signs of intoxication can make his case to a jury that the officer violated his rights, a federal judge has ruled.
Statistics from the Harvard School of Public Health indicated that 31 percent of college students show signs of alcohol abuse and 6 percent are dependent on alcohol. Doctors hope that the new definition will help identify severe cases of alcoholism early, rather than when the problem is fully developed. [6]
Here is where this Texas city ranked among the top ten college areas with the most fall crash fatalities linked to drugs or alcohol. Top 10 college towns with highest crash fatalities tied to ...