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Alcohol Abuse is NOT Trivial or Funny

Some professors at Fresno State University have taken a pledge not to joke about, trivialize, or normalize alcohol abuse among college students.

College Parties and Alcohol Drinking Abuse

Characteristics of college parties predict the level of alcohol consumption among students. Sexualized themes and costumes may encourage many students to drink at higher levels of consumption.

Magistrate Tells Man Convicted of DWI to Kill Himself

A magistrate told a 20-year-old Detroit man convicted of drunk driving that he should kill himself.

Scare Students out of Drinking and Driving with a Hoax?

A California school district tried to scare students out of drinking and driving by making them believe that their classmates had been killed while drinking and driving. Although the hoax angered students and parents the school defended its action saying that it wanted students to experience real grief and be traumatized in an effort to prevent drinking and driving.

“Sham” Intoxication Has Real Effects

“Sham” intoxication affects such things as memory and thinking performance according to research by Dr. Bryan Raudenbush of Wheeling Jesuit University.

U.S. Army Promotes Personal Alcohol Breath Testers

US Army is distributing personal alcohol breath testers to soldiers and civilians to reduce drunken driving at Fort Jackson (SC), Fort Benning (GA), Fort Lee (VA), Aberdeen Proving Ground (MD), Fort Greene (AK), Fort Sam Houston (TX), Corpus Christie Army Depot (TX) and Fort Dix (NJ).

College Freshman Drinking Drops to Historic Low

The proportion of college students in the U.S. who consume beer has dropped 44% since 1982 and is the lowest since tracking began 41 years earlier.

Drunken Driving Fatalities Drop over 1/3 while Number of Vehicles, Number of Vehicle Miles Traveled and Number of Drivers all Increase Greatly

Drunken driving fatalities in U.S. drop over 1/3 between 1982 and 2006. This large drop occurred in spite of dramatic increases during the same period in the number of vehicle miles traveled, registered motor vehicles on the road, licensed drivers, and population of the country.

Alcohol Drinking by High School Students Drops

High School students continue to drink less alcohol than in the past, CDC reports on basis of nation-wide surveys in the U.S. Over past 12 years some student drinking behaviors have dropped as much as 35%. Major declines occurred in drinking and driving and riding with a driver who had been drinking.

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