ALCOHOL USE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS

By: Ashley Escue

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“College Drinking, Drug Use Grows More Extreme” Summary Summary: Statistics Personal Reflection

“Drinking Games Deadly to College Students” Summary Summary: Statistics Personal Reflection

“College Students Use Alcohol as Way of Coping with Social Anxiety”

Summary Summary: Did you know? Personal Reflection

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“College Drinking, Drug Use Grows More Extreme” By: Buddy T

SummaryThis article describes the results of a four year study, titled Wasting the Best and the Brightest: Substance Abuse at America's Colleges and Universities. Despite efforts to prevent alcohol abuse in colleges the study found that these preventive efforts did not work. Excessive drinking among college students has increased. University’s need to work harder to prevent so many college students to succumb to the use of alcohol.

T, Buddy. (2009, March 23). College Drinking, Drug Use Grows More Extreme. About. Retrieved April 25, 2009, from http://alcoholism.about.com/od/college/a/casa070315.htm

Statistics

49 percent% of full-time college students binge drink and/or abuse prescription and illegal drugs each month.

Students who "drink to get drunk," rose 21 percent.

Students who get drunk at least three times a month, increased 26 percent.

1,717 deaths from unintentional alcohol-related injuries in 2001, up six percent from 1998.

A 21 percent increase from 2001 to 2005 in the average number of alcohol-related arrests per campus. In 2005, alcohol-related arrests accounted for 83 percent of all campus arrests.

97,000 students were victims of alcohol-related rape or sexual assaults in 2001.

BETWEEN 1993 AND 2005 CONSEQUENCES

T, Buddy. (2009, March 23). College Drinking, Drug Use Grows More Extreme. About. Retrieved April 25, 2009, from http://alcoholism.about.com/od/college/a/casa070315.htm

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Personal Reflection

"College presidents, deans and trustees have facilitated a college culture of alcohol and drug abuse that is linked to poor student academic performance, depression, anxiety, suicide, property damage, vandalism, fights and a host of medical problems.”

A-Ha! University’s need to be stricter

in their alcohol use on campus

policies. We need to work to figure

out the reasoning behind the high

alcohol use stats among college students instead of just

publishing numbers. We also need to find ways in which

colleges can

be more effective in their preventive efforts at

decreasing these statistics.

T, Buddy. (2009, March 23). College Drinking, Drug Use Grows More Extreme. About. Retrieved April 25, 2009, from http://alcoholism.about.com/od/college/a/casa070315.htm

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“Drinking Games Deadly to College Students” By: Amy Forliti

Summary From beer pong to drinking 21

shots on your 21st birthday, drinking games lead some college students to their accidental deaths. College student might not necessarily drink more days than others, but when it comes to binge drinking (how much they drink during one occasion), college students raise the bar. One way they do this is through drinking games. Drinking games and binge drinking can lead to alcohol poisoning which in turn can lead to death. In a study conducted through 1999 to 2005, the number of alcohol-poisoning deaths doubled to 35 in 2005.Forliti, Amy. (2008, July 7). Drinking Games Deadly to College Students. USAToday.

Retrieved April 20, 2009 from http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-07-07-drinking-games_N.htm

Statistics

Alcohol Poisoning Deaths from 1999 to 2005:

“Over the seven-year span, 83 of the college-age victims were under the drinking age of 21.”

“Victims drank themselves well past the point of oblivion — with an average blood-alcohol level of 0.40%.”

“The federal data showed deaths spiking on weekends.”

Forliti, Amy. (2008, July 7). Drinking Games Deadly to College Students. USAToday. Retrieved April 20, 2009 from http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-07-07-drinking-games_N.htm

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Personal Reflection

“College students on average drink only a little more than adults in a typical week or month, said Scott Walters, an assistant professor of behavioral sciences at the University of Texas School of Public Health. But college students "tend to save the drinks up and drink them all at once."

A-Ha! Teens and young adults should

know and understand the effects of

alcohol. But not only that, they should

know the signs (in the instance they choose

to drink or be around those that are drinking) of alcohol

poisoning so they can call 911 and take proper

precautions to prevent death. Maybe not only teens and young adults should

be

more knowledgeable but other adults as well. That way

we can better educate our children of the negative

effects and consequences.

Forliti, Amy. (2008, July 7). Drinking Games Deadly to College Students. USAToday. Retrieved April 20, 2009 from http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-07-07-drinking-games_N.htm

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“College Students Use Alcohol as Way of Coping with Social Anxiety” By: Deanne Repich

SummaryCollege students drink for variousreasons but one of the morepsychological reasons that theydrink is to deal with social anxiety. Many college students already feel the pressures of everyday college life to the extreme, but when it comes to sociological factors many use

alcohol tocope. Researchers are now

studying the relationship between social anxiety

andheavy drinking problems.

Repich, Deanne. College Students Use Alcohol as Way of Coping with Social Anxiety. TalentDevelop. Retrieved April 20, 2008 from http://talentdevelop.com/articles/ColStudAlc.html

Did you know?

Social anxiety affects 15% of Americans.

A report done by the National Institute of Health concluded that heavy or problem drinking among college students is the result of the psychological risk factor, social anxiety.

Drinking is tend to be looked at as a stress reducer and relaxant among problem drinkers.

While low levels of alcohol of been known to temporarily reduce stress, consuming heaving amounts of alcohol actually induces the stress response studies now show.Repich, Deanne. College Students Use Alcohol as Way of Coping with Social

Anxiety. TalentDevelop. Retrieved April 20, 2008 from http://talentdevelop.com/articles/ColStudAlc.html

Personal Reflection

“Social anxiety is the most common type of anxiety disorder and it affects 15% of Americans. Social anxiety, also known as social phobia, is diagnosed as overwhelming anxiety, fear, and self-consciousness in everyday social situations.  It triggers a host of physical symptoms, anxious thoughts, and avoidance behaviors.”

A-Ha! Social anxiety is not only rooted in psychological factors but also personal environment andsurroundings can contribute tothe extremity at which one feelsanxiety. College often brings out many of theangst that those with social anxiety feel. Alcohol is so abundant and easy to

getat college that it is seen as an easy

outlet to escape the anxiety.

Repich, Deanne. College Students Use Alcohol as Way of Coping with Social Anxiety. TalentDevelop. Retrieved April 20, 2008 from http://talentdevelop.com/articles/ColStudAlc.html

So you might be wondering…what’s the conclusion of all of this? Click on the

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DON’T DRINK! And if you choose to do so, do so responsibly! You can have fun other ways without drinking and jeopardizing your life and the lives of others.