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Alcohol in Movies Can Nudge Teens Toward Drinking

at the movies Want to keep your teen from becoming a drinker? Keep an eye on what movies she's watching — and the clothes she's wearing, too.

Research published online at bmj.com finds a correlation between the amount of time a kid spends watching movie scenes that depict drinking and his likelihood to drink himself — and to engage in binge drinking. The study also found that teens' owning clothing and other items bearing logos for alcohol products were more likely to begin drinking and to then become binge drinkers.

What Campuses Can Do to Fight High-Risk Drinking?

Frostburg State has set an example that other schools can follow in light of publicity surrounding the Huguely-Love case. An opinion by Jonathan Gibralter, president of Frostburg State University.

Recent coverage of the trial of a young man accused of killing a fellow student at the University of Virginia while under the influence of alcohol brings necessary attention to a cultural problem that most college and university leaders feel at a loss to change.

‘Racing Above the Influence’ Campaign to Benefit NCADD

Serra Motorsports' 'Racing Above the Influence' campaign to benefit NCADD

In an effort to promote awareness of drug and alcohol abuse, the team at Serra Motorsports has begun 'Racing Above the Influence', which is both an awareness campaign and a fundraising effort which will make contributions to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD). NCADD and its network of affiliates is a voluntary health organization dedicated to fighting alcoholism, drug addiction and the devastating consequences of dependence.

Addiction is Not Hopeless

addiction Substance abuse is one of the most pervasive and costly problems in our country. Over 68 million American adults have some form of substance use disorder and about 25 million are addicted to one or more substances. Every year, millions of lives are lost because of it.

What makes substance abuse hard to combat is the fact that addiction plays such a central role. Addiction is a nondiscriminating and devastating illness, affecting everyone from celebrities to teachers to soldiers to neighbors.

SAMHSA Study: Alcohol Abuse Higher Among College Students

U.S. college students seeking treatment for substance abuse are more likely to be having trouble with alcohol but less likely to be abusing drugs like heroin, cocaine or methamphetamine than their non-student peers, according to a new government study.

college drinking Researchers at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) analyzed data from 2009, when about 374,000 people between the ages of 18 and 24 were treated for substance abuse or dependence in the United States.

The overwhelming majority of those admitted for treatment -- about 362,000 -- were young adults who were not enrolled in college or post-secondary school, the researchers found.

About 12,000 of the admissions -- or 3.2 percent of the total -- involved young adults enrolled in higher education.

When researchers looked at patterns of abuse within the two groups, they found significant differences.

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