A definition . . . .

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A definition . . . .

• High risk drinking is excessive consumption of
  alcoholic beverages that increases risk of
  negative consequences not only for those who
  are drinking but for others.
• High risk drinking often centers on an intent to
  get drunk.

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Negative consequences fall into three categories
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• Primary For the individual who drinks too much
• Secondary For individuals who are in the
  immediate vicinity of an individual who drinks
  too much
• Tertiary For individuals who are in the same
  community as those who drink too much

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National consequences

• Death 1,700 college students between the ages of
  18 and 24 die each year from alcohol-related
  unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle
  crashes.
• Injury 599,000 students between the ages of 18
  and 24 are unintentionally injured under the
  influence of alcohol.
• Unsafe Sex 400,000 students between the ages of
  18 and 24 had unprotected sex and more than
  100,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24
  report having been too intoxicated to know if
  they consented to having sex.

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Consequences continued

• Academic Problems About 25 percent of college
  students report academic consequences of their
  drinking including missing class, falling behind,
  doing poorly on exams or papers, and receiving
  lower grades overall.
• Health Problems/Suicide Attempts More than
  150,000 students develop an alcohol-related
  health problem and between 1.2 and 1.5 percent of
  students indicate that they tried to commit
  suicide within the past year due to drinking or
  drug use.
• Alcohol Abuse and Dependence 31 percent of
  college students met criteria for a diagnosis of
  alcohol abuse and 6 percent for a diagnosis of
  alcohol dependence in the past 12 months,
  according to questionnaire-based self-reports
  about their drinking.

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Consequences continued

• Property Damage More than 25 percent of
  administrators from schools with relatively low
  drinking levels and over 50 percent from schools
  with high drinking levels say their campuses have
  a "moderate" or "major" problem with
  alcohol-related property damage.
• Police Involvement About 5 percent of 4-year
  college students are involved with the police or
  campus security as a result of their drinking
  (Wechsler et al., 2002) and an estimated 110,000
  students between the ages of 18 and 24 are
  arrested for an alcohol-related violation such as
  public drunkenness or driving under the influence.

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Consequences Continued

• Community Deterioration Neighborhoods are
  abused, trash is prevalent, properties are
  vandalized and conflicts arise between neighbors
  who drink excessively and those who dont.
• Career Disruption Students seeking employment
  suffer from skewed attitudes of interviewers.
• Harm to Reputation Universities reputations are
  damaged via media reports of student high risk
  drinking and resultant consequences, affecting
  institutions ability to recruit students,
  faculty and staff.
• Attrition Students who are negatively affected
  by the high risk drinking of other students leave
  the institution at disproportionately high rates.

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Alcohol Use Academic Performance
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Alcohol Use Academic Performance
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Alcohol Use Academic Performance
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Alcohol Use Retention
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Dialogue Question 1

• To what degree is high risk drinking a concern
  for Ohio University?
• Please evaluate on scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being
  not a concern and 10 being our most
  significant concern
• What leads your group to this conclusion?

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Dialogue Question 2

• Which strategies for reducing high risk drinking
  are best suited to our situation and why?
• Expanding law enforcement
• Enhancing disciplinary sanctions
• Expanding parental notification
• Expanding educational activities
• Increasing treatment options
• Expanding public communication campaigns
• Expanding peer education

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Dialogue Question 3

• Are there additional strategies we should be
  considering?
• If so, what are they?

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Dialogue Question 4

• What reactions do you have to the ideas that have
  been generated by the Alcohol Protocol Task
  Force, CARDD and Student Senate?