Addressing Alcohol Abuse (or Not)

By Iza Wojciechowska

“College students drink a lot of alcohol. Administrators try to stop them. We know this. But a new study evaluates how well colleges and universities actually address alcohol abuse on campus, and it turns out that the most effective methods aren’t the most common.”

“Researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health followed up on recommendations made by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in 2002. The recommendations organized alcohol-prevention strategies into four levels based on their effectiveness in curbing college drinking. (Over the past 30 years, alcohol consumption has not declined among college students, but it has declined among other adolescents and young adults.) …”

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