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Alcohol Awareness
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What’s wrong with having a few
drinks?
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What is a Violation?
• Having alcohol if you are under 21
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possession = immediate span of control,
not ownership
• Having alcohol in your body
• Having an open container of alcohol in
vehicle
• Driving while under the influence (DUI)
DUI
DUI 0.08 +
DUI 0.15 + (extreme)
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Alcohol Facts
• 75% to 90% of campus rapes involve alcohol
use
• 75% of men and 50% of women involved in
sexual assaults had been drinking prior to the
assault
• 60% of all college women who have acquired
STD’s including AIDS and Genital Herpes
were under the influence of alcohol at the
time of intercourse.
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Alcohol Facts
• 30% percent of college failure is alcohol
related.
• Drinking and driving is the number one killer
of Americans between the ages of 17-24
• Between 2% and 3% of the current American
college population will die from alcohol
related causes.
• 95% of violent crime on campus is alcohol
related.
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Myths and Facts
• Myth: Drugs are a bigger problem than
alcohol
• Fact: Alcohol kills 6 ½ times the number of
people killed by cocaine, heroin, and every
other illegal drug combined. Ten million
Americans are addicted to alcohol. Alcohol is
the #1 drug problem of today's youth.
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Myths and Facts
• Myth: Alcohol affects men and women the
same.
• Fact: Women have less dehydrogenase, a
metabolizing enzyme, which allows more of
the alcohol to enter the blood stream in a
pure state.
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Myths and Facts
• Myth: If I drink coffee or eat something it will
sober me up.
• Fact: Once alcohol is in your bloodstream,
there is nothing you can eat or drink to hasten
metabolism. Certain other chemicals, like
caffeine, can "open your eyes," but you are
just as impaired.
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Myths and Facts
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Myth: The most serious consequence of
consuming alcohol is a hangover in the
morning.
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Fact: The consumption of enough alcohol
will cause death. This level is dependant on
the individual. Death has been documented
to occur at levels as low as 0.35.
Remember, each person is different.
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Alcohol Awareness: Resources
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