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February 22, 2005 — The state sets the rate: The relationship of college binge drinking to state binge drinking rates and selected state alcohol control policies.

January 5, 2005 — Nonmedical use of prescription stimulants among US college students: Prevalence and correlates from a national survey.

December 28, 2004 — US College Students' Exposure to Tobacco Promotions: Prevalence and Association With Tobacco Use

September, 2004 — Reducing drinking and related harms in college: Evaluation of the "A Matter of Degree" program

April 9, 2004 — Study on Patterns of Drinking and Poor Mental Health in College Finds Depressed Young Women at Highest Risk of Alcohol Abuse

March 15, 2004 — Colleges Split in Approaches to Student Binge Drinking But United in Strong Concern Over Student Drinking

February 12, 2004 — Prevalence of Rape Higher in Heavy Drinking College Environments

October 31, 2003 — Diverse College Campuses Yield Lower Binge Drinking Rates

September 12, 2003 — Study Documents Low-Priced, High-Volume Sales of Alcohol Available to College Students Nationwide

July 24, 2003 — National College Alcohol Study Finds No Evidence That Widely Used Alcohol Prevention Programs Reduce Student Drinking

March 3, 2003 — Eight-University Study Tracks More Than 100 Bars Near Majority of Campuses

January 21, 2003 — Environment, not Education, a Stronger Predictor of Binge Drinking Behavior Among College Freshmen

December 16, 2002 — Highlights from the First National Comparison of Alcohol Use among U.S. and Canadian College Students

December 9, 2002 — Harvard Study Finds that More College Sports Fans Binge Drink Than Non-Fan Students

July 3, 2002 — Harvard Study Finds College Neighbors More Than Twice as Likely to be Plagued by Vandalism, Assault, and Other Disturbances due to Binge Drinking

June 11, 2002 — More Than One in Three College Students Can be Diagnosed with Alcohol Disorders

March 25, 2002 — College Binge Drinking Rate 44 Percent; Remains the Same Eight Years Running: Positive Trends Fail to Bring Down Binge Drinking Rate, According to Harvard College Alcohol Study

April 12, 2001 — National College Alcohol Study Examines Drinking of Students at Colleges That Ban Alcohol

March 22, 2001 — Students Entering College As Nonsmokers 40 Percent Less Likely to Take up Smoking When They Live in Smoke-Free Dorms

February 7, 2001 — Harvard Study Confirms That Students in "Substance-free" College Residences Drink Less and are Protected From the Secondhand Effects of Alcohol

January 5, 2001 — Harvard Alcohol Study Finds U.S. College Athletes Binge Drink More than Their Non-Athlete Peers

October 27, 2000 — Survey Finds Increased Use of Marijuana and Other Illicit Drugs at U.S. Colleges in the 1990s

September 15, 2000 — Nearly half of college students used tobacco in one-year period, according to JAMA study

September 8, 2000 — Survey Finds Students Have Largely Accurate Perceptions of College Binge Drinking

July 19, 2000 — Underage College Drinkers Have Easy Access to Alcohol, Pay Less, and Consumer More Per Occasion Than Older Students

March 14, 2000 — National College Alcohol Study Finds Significant Increase in Frequent Binge Drinkers

July 2, 1999 — Harvard Study Finds Gun Possession at College More Common Among Students with Drinking Problems

November 17, 1998 — Smoking Rises Sharply Among College Students, Reports Study Published in JAMA

September 10, 1998 — National College Alcohol Study Finds College Binge Drinking Largely Unabated, Four Years Later

 
Fact of the Month
 
  "A study by researchers at the NIAAA published in the June 2007 issue of the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence investigated whether American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) alcohol abuse and dependence and consumption criteria occurred along a continuum of severity. The study found that alcohol consumption was an integral component for determining the severity of alcohol use disorders. The researchers recommended incorporating alcohol consumption into future classifications of DSM alcohol use disorders and identified the 5/4 measure of alcohol consumption as a suitable criterion."  
 
CAS Highlights
 
 

"The National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA) adopted the 5/4 definition of binge drinking where a "binge" is a pattern of drinking alcohol that brings blood alcohol concentration to 0.08 gram percent or above. For the typical adult this pattern corresponds to consuming 5 or more drinks (male) or 4 or more drinks (female) in about 2 hours. The annual Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended changing its measure of binge drinking from a 5-drink standard to a gender-specific measure of 5 drinks for males and 4 drinks for females.”

Please visit the NIAAA web site for more information.

 
 
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