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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.
1,825 college students between ages 18 and 24 die from alcohol-‐related accidents, including car crashes.
“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.
Students that are the most likely to drink usually tend to be Caucasian, male,
athletes, members of Greek life, or first-‐year
students.
The average male freshman consumes 7.39 drinks per week, while the average female drinks 3.86.
In 2009,
underage consumers drank 16.2
percent of all alcohol sold in
the U.S. Industry profits reached $23.8 billion in sales.
“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)
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.
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.
“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)
“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.
