Issues of Alcohol Use
Alcohol and other drug use
or abuse connects a variety of individual and social
problems:
90% of date/acquaintance
rapes involve alcohol.
In 1989, behaviors
resulting from alcohol and drug use accounted for
$27,000 worth of vandalism to the Williams campus.
44% of college students
are less likely to remember their actions if they
have been drinking.
31% of college students
polled are less likely to use precautions against
sexually transmitted disease or pregnancy if they
are under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.
In the U.S., 75% of
unintentional injuries - the leading cause of
death - are directly or indirectly related to
alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs.
50% of the 12 leading
causes of death are directly or indirectly
related to alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs.
The only
age group in the United States whose life span is
decreasing are young people between the ages of
15 and 24, much of this decrease is attributed to
alcohol consumption.
Issues of abuse
and addiction are important aspects of alcohol and other
drug use at college and in society at large. Many people's
lives are touched in some way by alcoholism and problem
drinking. You may become concerned about your drinking or
a friend's. You may have grown up in a family with
alcoholism. These problems are real and there are many
people on campus dealing with them every day.
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