Tag Archives: college

Is it just a rite of passage?

From our colleagues and collaborators at Project SAFER. Drinking at college has become ritualized in American culture, and “more than 80 percent of college students drink alcohol” as part of their higher-education experience (NIAAA). Not only can students suffer injury due to assault, sexual abuse and drunk driving crashes as a result of their drinking, [...]

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Honest answers about college life — from college students

Huffington Post and Unigo have teamed up to provide first-year college students with answers — provided by real college students. College: Uncensored! Honest Answers To Your Biggest Questions From Real College Students is a project that allows young people to ask serious questions, and college students answer them via video responses in the most honest [...]

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Depression, suicidal thoughts linked to prescription drug misuse

The Partnership at Drugfree.org brings our attention to a national research survey by the American College Health Association – college students who use prescription drugs for non-medical purposes are at increased risk of depression and thoughts of suicide.

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Radio broadcast explores drinking culture of “#1 Party School”

The NPR program This American Life (TAL) ran an entire hour show the weekend of December 18-20, 2009 on the drinking culture of America’s #1 party school — Penn State. According to The Princeton Review, Penn State has “won the crown” that rotates between schools from year to year; the University of Florida winning it [...]

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An Amethyst in my Side

The Amethyst Initiative continues to concern me… For those of you not aware, this initiative has been signed by 135 college presidents and chancellors asking for a discussion on lowering the drinking age. College presidents! The very people who deal with the effects of underage drinking more than anyone else are looking to lower the [...]

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