© 2007 Arizona State University Alcohol Awareness Presenter Name Presenter Title, Arizona State University Last updated 06-21-07 Material

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Alcohol Awareness

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Last updated 06-21-07

Material developed based on information provided by the ASU Department of Public Safety and the Undergraduate Student Initiatives Office

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What’s wrong with having a few drinks?


What is a Violation?

• Having alcohol if you are under 21• 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)

DUIDUI 0.08 +DUI 0.15 + (extreme)


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.


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.


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.


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.


• 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.

Myths and Facts


Myths and Facts

• Myth: The most serious consequence of consuming alcohol is a hangover in the morning.

• 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.


Alcohol Awareness: Resources

• Downtown campus– Call:– Visit:

• Polytechnic campus– Call:– Visit:

• Tempe campus– Call:– Visit:

• West campus– Call:– Visit:

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