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Drugs and Booze Big on Campus |
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Written by Superhuman
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Monday, 21 January 2008 |
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Recreational drug use decreased on college campuses in the early 1990s, but times have changed.
Fifty percent of the nearly 6 million American college students binge on alcohol or drugs at least once a month, according to the National Center of Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. Alcohol or drug addiction is higher in students than in the general public (23 percent of students versus 8.5 percent of the general population). Substance abuse is higher in white students than in minority students and is particularly low in students attending traditionally black colleges. Abuse of prescription painkillers, such as Percocet and OxyContin, is on the rise, and marijuana, heroine and cocaine use has doubled since 1993. Health experts say college presidents should do more to prevent drug abuse by students. College administrators across the country are putting the brakes on alcohol and drug abuse by scheduling breaks during traditional drinking holidays, such as Halloween and St. Patrick’s Day, and initiating strict rules against drug use and underage drinking in fraternities and sororities— putting many of them on double secret probation. (USA Today, Mar. 15, 2007)
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