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Alcohol is the most commonly used psychoactive drug
in this country
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Alcohol is a depressant. (It slows your body
down.)
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Short-term effects include lowered self-control and
inhibition, dulled senses and memory, impaired muscular coordination and
impaired judgment.
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Long-term
effects include damage to organs such as the liver, heart, and brain.
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Effects of overdose include shallow breathing, cold
and clammy skin, weak and rapid pulse, coma and possible
death. Some effects of withdrawal can
include anxiety, insomnia tremors, delirium, hallucinations, convulsions
and possible death.
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Woman get drunk faster because of the way alcohol
works in their bodies. In addition, people who weigh more need more
alcohol to be drunk.
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The more alcohol, the stronger the effects. A person
may drink beer, wine, or whiskey; what matters is the amount of alcohol
that is consumed.
(1 drink= 12oz beer=4oz wine=1oz liquor)
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Death: 1,400 college students between the ages of
18 and 24 die each year from alcohol-related unintentional injuries,
including motor vehicle crashes
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Injury: 500,000 students between the ages of 18 and
24 are unintentionally injured under the influence of alcohol
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Assault:
More than 600,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are assaulted
by another student who has been drinking.
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Sexual Abuse: More than 70,000 students between the
ages of 18 and 24 are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or date
rape.
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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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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.
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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.
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Drunk Driving: 2.1 million students between the
ages of 18 and 24 drove under the influence of alcohol last year.
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Vandalism: About 11 percent of college student
drinkers report that they have damaged property while under the
influence of alcohol.
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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.
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Police Involvement: About 5 percent of 4-year
college students are involved with the police or campus security as a
result of their drinking 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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Alcohol
Abuse and Dependence: 31 percent of college students met criteria for
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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If you are under the age of 21, drinking alcohol is
illegal in the State of Indiana. Buying or giving alcohol to
someone under 21 is also illegal.
