Alcohol Binge & College Drinking Consequences

Alcohol 101 THE REALITY OF COLLEGE DRINKING Drinking is a big part of the college atmosphere. Many college students drink to excess without thinking about the consequences. Little do they realize that for some of them, this staple of college life can turn to addiction, even before graduation. 60.8% 39.1% of full-time are binge college students drink drinkers (5 drinks for men/4 drinks for women in 2 hours) CONSEQUENCES FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS ACADEMICS Missing class of college students have declining academic perfomance due to drinking. Falling behind 25% Poor test performance Lower grades SEX AND VIOLENCE IN 1 YEAR 400,000 students had unprotected sex 100,000 students not sure if they consented to sex 696,000 alcohol-related assaults 97,000 victims of alcohol-related date rape or sexual assaults = 10,000 2/3 of unplanned pregnancies of STDS transmitted when 60% occurred when the the partner was drunk woman was drunk ÅRRESTS AND DRUNK DRIVING IN 1 YEAR 3.36 MILLION students drink and drive 110,000 students arrested for public intoxication or drunk driving RIP INJURIES AND DEATHS IN 1 YEAR 1,825 1.2-1.5% 599,000 students injured while intoxicated of college students attempted suicide due to drinking or drug use students died from alcohol-related injuries and drunk driving ALCOHOL ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE 19% of college students meet the criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence. ONLY 5% of these students sought alcohol treatment. SOURCES http://www.samhsa.gov/data/NSDUH/2k11 Results/NSDUHresults2011.htm#3.1.6 http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/StatsSummaries/snapshot.aspx http://www.georgiahealth.edu/shs/sexualhealth/sexalcohol.html http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/CollegeFactSheet/CollegeFactSheet.pdf |LAKEVIEW HEALTH SYSTEMS www.lakeviewhealth.com