College Drinking: Changing the Culture

One of the challenges of growing up is learning how to handle adult beverages. Several news stories over that past year have highlighted drinking abuses and problems with college students. Today’s FamSite takes a look at those problems, and what options are available for dealing with them.

The site is called College Drinking: Changing the Culture, and is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The consequences of excessive and underage drinking affect virtually all college campuses, college communities, and college students, whether they choose to drink or not.

Fact: 1,400 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die each year from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crashes.

Fact: More than 600,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are assaulted by another student who has been drinking.

Fact: 2.1 million students between the ages of 18 and 24 drove under the influence of alcohol last year.

These and other “wake-up calls” are related on this site. There are areas where parents, peers, classmates, faculty, and the media can learn about this problem, and what they can do about it. There is quite a bit of information here, but it is all good, and can make a difference in a person’s life.

Please take some time and visit this most important site on the internet. It has a very positive message about one of society’s biggest problems.

http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/