Safe Party Initiative cuts students' high-risk drinking

By Bill Lindelof

"A new report says that steps taken by students, the university and police have resulted in fewer UC Davis students abusing alcohol."

"Called the Safe Party Initiative, the UC Davis effort is part of a $6.9 million research program at 14 UC and California State University campuses."

"The report says that, after mitigation steps were taken, a study of 1,000 UCD undergrads in 2003 and 450 students in 2007 showed binge drinking decreased from 31 percent in 2003 to 20 percent in 2007...."

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