Substance abuse prevention

Some Facts

Still

• 33% of all college students and more than 60% of those who binge drink report driving under the influence.

• 30% report they were involved in accidents or fights while under the influence.

• About 10% of college drinkers and a much higher percentage of binge drinkers will go on to become alcoholics as their drinking continues through the years. For them college binge drinking is early stage alcoholism. More than 24,000 current college students will eventually die from alcohol related problems.

• Binge drinking and sexual assault are related:

  In 90% of campus rapes, victim, assailant or both have been drinking.

  Approximately 60% of sexually transmitted diseases were associated with alcohol.

• There is an association between increased drinking and lower academic performance and attrition.

Copied with permission from Dr. Ron Glick, Sociology Dept., NEIU

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Last changed on 11/14/99.