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Nearly One Third of College Student Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions with Co-occurring Mental Disorders Abuse Prescription Drugs

Medicine-cabinet A recent study of college students identified links between nonmedical prescription drug use, depressive symptoms, and suicidality, and raised the possibility "that students may be inappropriately self-medicating psychological distress with prescription medications."

Monitoring The Future Survey Shows Rates Stable Or Down For Most Drugs

iStock 000001484165Small Continued high use of marijuana by the nation's eighth, 10th and 12th graders combined with a drop in perceptions of its potential harms was revealed in this year's Monitoring the Future survey, an annual survey of eighth, 10th, and 12th-graders conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan.

A Sober Assessment of High-Risk Drinking on College Campuses

College drinking A few years ago, in the middle of a snowy night, an officer of the Cornell University Police Department found a shirtless young man sitting on a rock in the creek in one of our gorges, dangling his feet in the water. Asked what he thought he was doing, the student explained that he was calling a friend to pick him up.

22 In NIU Frat Charged With Hazing In Freshman’s Alcohol-Related Death

16341010 Criminal hazing charges have been filed against 22 students at Northern Illinois University following the alcohol-related death of a freshman at a fraternity initiation event.

Marines’ New Alcohol Policy Strictest In U.S. Military

Soldier The Marine Corps' new on-duty standard for drinking alcohol is so strict that less than one drink at lunch would trigger a "positive" and get a warrior in hot water.

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