I am a teacher in a community college.  Every year, as part of a class project, I have the students conduct focus groups with other students about student alcohol use. They then conduct several hundred interviews of students to further explore student’s alcohol use, their attitudes about drinking, and the likelihood that they will drink [...]

The following information on alcohol poisoning was excerpted from the following website:
Safe & Sober Campaign

Mechanisms of alcohol poisoning
Alcohol depresses nerves that control involuntary actions such as breathing, the heart beat, and the gag reflex (prevents choking). A fatal dose of alcohol will eventually stop these functions. After the victim stops drinking, the heart keeps beating, [...]

“College students drink larger amounts of alcohol on football game days, comparable to well-known drinking days such as New Year’s Eve and Halloween, according to research from The University of Texas at Austin.
Psychologists found those women, particularly lighter drinkers, were more likely to engage in risky behaviors following alcohol consumption. The study appears in the [...]

Associate Press Report: March 15, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17613969/
Substance abuse on college campuses is nothing new, but it is taking a more extreme and dangerous form, with higher rates of frequent binge drinking and prescription drug abuse, and more negative consequences for students such as arrests and risky sexual behavior.
That’s the portrait painted by [...]