Risks of College Drinking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Nationally<\/strong>\n
\n- Approximately 1,800 college students die from alcohol-related unintentional injuries (including motor vehicle crashes) each year.<\/li>\n
- About 696,000 students are assaulted by another student who has been drinking.<\/li>\n
- Approximately 97,000 students report experiencing alcohol-related sexual assault.<\/li>\n
- About 1 in 4 students report academic consequences from drinking (missed class, performing poorly on exams\/papers, lower grades overall.<\/li>\n
- About 20% of college students nationwide meet the criteria for an alcohol use disorder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- In Missouri<\/strong>\n
\n- Approximately 25% of Missouri college students meet criteria for binge drinking (4+ drinks in 2 hours for women, 5+ drinks in 2 hours for men) in the past 2 weeks, and 33% meet criteria for binge drinking in the past 30 days.<\/li>\n
- 12% of Missouri college students report being forced, pressured, or coerced into consuming more alcohol than they wanted at least once in the past year.<\/li>\n
- 66% percent of Missouri college students who are under the age of 21 report drinking in the past year and 23% meet criteria for binge drinking in the past two weeks.<\/li>\n
- 16% of Missouri college students report driving after consuming alcohol in the past year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Risks of common binge drinking of College students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Sobering Statistics<\/strong>:<\/strong>\n
\n- According to the Core Institute, an organization that surveys college drinking practices,\u00a0300,000 of today\u2019s college students will eventually die of alcohol-related causes<\/strong>\u00a0such as drunk driving accidents, cirrhosis of the liver, various cancers and heart disease.<\/li>\n
- Almost one-third of college students admit to having missed at least one class because of their alcohol or drug use<\/strong>, and nearly one-quarter of students report bombing a test or project because of the aftereffects of drinking or doing drugs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
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