Campus Prevention Efforts

An intervention method combining a counseling session with a commercially available online feedback profile can reduce risky drinking among college students.

In response to the increase in intensity of drinking and drug abuse on college campuses, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University has issued the following prevention suggestions to colleges and universities to reduce student substance abuse.

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.

Substance-free college residence halls are making an impact in the effort to reduce the harms that heavy drinking produces among college students.

College students at universities participating in the American Medical Association program, A Matter of Degree, are less likely to miss class, be assaulted by a drunk student or hurt themselves after drinking.

A study by Harvard researchers of alcohol policies adopted in Massachusetts after the highly publicized deaths of two students in 1997 show that they do cut down on college drinking rates, but only if they are strictly enforced by the schools.

Binge drinking on college campuses is significantly lower in states where fewer adults are binge drinkers and where laws discourage excessive consumption, researchers say.

Comedian Bernie McGrenahan's 'Happy Hour' Tour combines a 30-minute stand-up comedy show plus a 30-minute inspirational message on how to achieve goals as a student.

A new "Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire" has been developed to better detect when symptoms are present or absent and for measuring less severe alcohol problems more common among college students.

Promoting harm reduction rather than abstinence, and providing an opportunity to discuss alcohol-related information in a non-judgmental format, can help reduce alcohol use.

Research indicates that brief intervention methods relying on mail or computers are both appealing and effective among drinkers those aged 15 to 24 years, a traditionally hard-to-reach population.

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.

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.

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.

Bars solicit student business with brazen advertising promises of certain intoxication.