[Students] Now for the good news...

[Joan Lawrence]

RU Connected?

N A T I O N A L  C O L L E G I A T E 

A L C O H O L  A W A R E N E S S  W E E K

 

Here's the good news: 

The Core Institute's 2005 Statistics on Alcohol and Other Drug Use8

Important Information

27.2% of college students have NOT consumed any alcohol in the past month.

69.3% of college students have NOT missed a class because of alcohol use.

69% of college students have NOT gotten in a fight or argument because of
their drinking.

78.2% of college students have NOT performed poorly on a test or project
because of their alcohol use.

86.1% of college students have NOT had trouble with police or authorities
because of their drinking.

93% of college students have NOT damaged property as a result of alcohol or
drug use.

73.7% of college students have NOT driven under the influence of alcohol or
other drugs.

89.3% of college students have NOT been taken advantage of sexually as a
result their drinking.

97% of college students have NOT taken advantage of another sexually as a
result their drinking.

 

Background Information

The following statistics are drawn from a sample of 37,379 undergraduate
students from 53 colleges in the

United States. Unless otherwise noted, these behaviors were reported for the
year prior to the survey.

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This information is brought to you by Campus Wellness

 

Facts can be found at:
http://www.bacchusgamma.org/pdfs/ncaaw/NCAAWHealthrisk07.pdf
<http://www.bacchusgamma.org/pdfs/ncaaw/NCAAWHealthrisk07.pdf>  

 

Shelly Matikiewicz

Associate Director-Campus Recreation

Morris Recreation Center

Texas A&M University- Commerce

 

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