College Binge Drinking

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Acute Alcohol Poisoning
Do you know what to do if one of your friends becomes unconscious?

College Drinking
The death of a 20-year-old LSU fraternity pledge in 1997 drew the nation's attention to the growing problem of drinking at colleges, or more specifically the increasing numbers of students who drink to get drunk.

Back to School and Drunk Again
An entire new crop of freshmen will arrive on campus at U.S. colleges this fall to join the free beer party.

College Binge Drinking Kills
The new college year was barely underway in 1998 when had several media reports of more deaths directly attributed to binge drinking.

College Binge Drinking
The dangers of the college drinking culture are more widespread and more destructive than has been reported in the media and understood by the public, according to two recently released research studies.

Spring Break Is Potentially Life Threatening
Spring break is no longer an innocent respite from the rigors of college academics, it's potentially life threatening, according to the American Medical Association.

Drug Penalty Blocks College Loans to 140,000
Data from the Department of Education reveal that more than 140,000 would-be college students have been found ineligible for federal loans and grants since a provision denying aid to drug offenders was added to the Higher Education Act in 1998.

Drinking Risky for College Women
College women have a much greater chance of experiencing victimization – both sexual and nonsexual – on the days they drink.

Alcohol Disorders Among College Students
A new study shows that six percent of college students meet criteria for a diagnosis of alcohol dependence (also referred to as alcoholism), and 31 percent meet the clinical criteria for alcohol abuse.

Study Identifies Heaviest College Drinkers
A researcher has discovered a way to identify those college drinkers who are most likely to be at risk for the very serious problems posed by peak drinking, including alcohol poisoning and accidental falls.

Brief Online Interventions Reach Young Drinkers
Research indicates that brief intervention methods relying on mail or computers are both appealing and effective among this hard-to-reach population.

Rape Linked to Heavy College Drinking
College women at schools with medium- and high-binge drinking rates had a significantly greater chance of being raped while intoxicated, according to the College Alcohol Study.

Friends Influence College Students Drinking Most
College students' drinking behaviors are influenced more by their perceptions of their friends' drinking behaviors than by social norms marketing campaigns that encourage students to go along with the crowd.

Social Drinkers Can Blackout Too
Blackouts while intoxicated are not limited to alcoholic drinkers and females are more likely to experience blackouts than males, according to a survey of college students conducted by Duke University.

College Drinkers Pay Less, Drink More
Despite the national 21-year minimum drinking age law, underaged drinking is pervasive on college campuses, according to a new study.

College Students Underestimate Their Drinking
An examination of college students' ability to define standard drinks suggests that college students drink significantly more than they think they do.

College Alcohol Prevention Program Funded
The University of Rhode Island has been awarded a total of $5.6 million in federal funding for its ongoing and proposed efforts to reduce alcohol abuse among college students.

Diverse Campuses Have Less Binge Drinking
Drinking rates among higher-risk drinkers on American college campuses -- those who are white, male and underage -- are significantly lower on college campuses with larger proportions of minority, female and older students.

Shape of Beverage Glass Affects How Much People Drink
Drinkers will pour more into short wide glasses than into tall slender glasses, but perceive the opposite to be true, according to study of teens, adults and bartenders.

Correcting Misperceptions Can Curb Student Drinking
A unique new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study concludes that correcting widespread misperceptions about how much other students drink helps to reduce drinking, especially heavy consumption.

'Population-Level Prevention' Curbs College Drinking
A study of students required to take an online alcohol prevention program demonstrates that a newly developed strategy - Population-Level Prevention - effectively moderates high-risk drinking.

Cheap Prices Encourage Binge Drinking
A study by the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study found a strong association between the presence of these promotions and higher rates of heavy drinking on college campuses.

Gene Shown to Influence College Drinking Habits
Researchers have identified a genetic factor that may predispose young people to consume more alcohol per occasion, drink expressly to become drunk, and engage in binge drinking more than students without the gene variant.

College Drinking Prevention Not Working
A new report released by the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study has found no drop in student drinking on university campuses that use social norms marketing techniques in their prevention efforts.