![“I
feel
like
the
[alcohol]
policy
is
enforced,”
says
Kevin
Collins*,
a
freshman.
“Since
I
got
in
trouble
here,
I
drink
a
lot
less
than
I
did
before.”
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Underage Drinking Slideshow
- 1. According to the Na/onal Ins/tute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, there are es/mated to be 10.8 million underage drinkers in the United States. Nearly 60 percent of college drinkers are under 21.
- 2. 1,825 college students between ages 18 and 24 die from alcohol-‐related accidents, including car crashes.
- 3. “I would hope that students choose not to drink alcohol based on their personal convic/ons, not our policies,” says Carl Johnson, director of Campus Ac/vi/es at the University of Denver.
- 4. Students that are the most likely to drink usually tend to be Caucasian, male, athletes, members of Greek life, or first-‐year students.
- 5. The aver age male freshman consume s 7.39 drinks pe r week, while the average female d rinks 3.86.
- 6. In 2009, underage consumers drank 16.2 percent of all alcohol sold in the U.S. Industry profits reached $23.8 billion in sales.
- 7. “I feel like the [alcohol] policy is enforced,” says Kevin Collins*, a freshman. “Since I got in trouble here, I drink a lot less than I did before.” (*name changed for privacy purposes)
- 8. It is es/mated that two-‐thirds of alcohol vendors don’t ask for iden/fica/on, making it easier for underage students to gain access to it.
- 9. According to Core Ins/tute Sta/s/cs, 31 percent of college students missed a class due to substance abuse. One-‐third of freshmen don’t make it back for their sophomore year due to their drinking habits.
- 11. “I drank so much stuff in high school, I try to stay away from liquor because it gives you a hangover that’s infinitely worse,” says Alex Peterson*, a freshman at DU. (*name changed for privacy purposes)
- 13. “I think that our students understand that underage drinking is against the law, and our policies so in that case are very effec/ve,” says Johnson.