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Higher Education Center Students Resources

Alcohol and Acquaintance Rape: Strategies to Protect Yourself and Each Other
Elissa Weitzman, William DeJong, and Peter Finn, Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention.
To access this article: http://www2.edc.org/hec/pubs/publication number HEC A002
This online resource discusses the risks associated with acquaintance rape and the strategies to help students protect themselves.
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http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/rapefly.pdf

Alcohol and Other Drug Use at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Daniel Ari Kapner, (2003).
This Infofacts/Resources examines the findings of studies on the prevalence of alcohol and other drug (AOD) use at HBCUs.
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http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/factsheets/scope.pdf

Breaking the Sports Connection with Alcohol and Tobacco Marketing
William DeJong.
The following remarks were made by Center director William DeJong at the 1996 APPLE conference about alcohol and tobacco marketing, and their connection with sports.
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http://www.edc.org/hec/presentations/apple960203.html

A Case Against "Binge" as the Term of Choice: How to Get College Students to Personalize Messages about Dangerous Drinking
Linda C. Lederman, Lea P. Stewart, Lisa Laitman, Fern Goodhart, and Richard Powell.
This report advocates for studentsí thinking to be taken into account in the terminology used when discussing the prevention of problematic drinking on college campuses.
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http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/articles/case-binge.pdf

Conference Proceedings: National Conference Addressing Issues Related to Celebratory Riots
This document highlights conference proceedings focusing on campus riots and discusses strategies of preventing and reducing these disturbances.
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http://www.edc.org/hec/violence/riots/proceedings.pdf

Creating Healthy Campus Environments through Volunteer Service
This article from the Centerís newsletter, Catalyst, addresses volunteerism as one of many educational opportunities that can help students become more focused, healthy and confident.
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http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/catalyst14.html#healthy

Drinking, Drugs, and Choosing a College
This one-page flyer provides high school students with information on how to assess the amount of drinking and other drug use on campuses before choosing a college or university.
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http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/students.html

Energy Drinks and Ephedrine on Colleges Campuses
Daniel Ari Kapner.
This article describes the use of energy drinks and ephedrine on college campuses, possible effects of their use, and recommendations for institutions of higher education.
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http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/factsheets/energy-drinks.html

Environmental Management: An Approach To Alcohol And Other Drug Prevention
William DeJong.
This publication highlights the limitations associated with most campus AOD programs presenting the argument for the necessary environmental modifications and associated success.
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http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/prev-updates/em101.html

Fact Sheet: College Athletes and Alcohol and Other Drug Use
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention.
This fact sheet examines college athletesí use of alcohol, steroids and ergogenic drugs, and other drugs on college campuses.
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http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/factsheets/fact_sheet3.html

Fact Sheet: Marijuana Use Among Students at Institutions of Higher Education
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention.
This pamphlet reports the frequency of marijuana use by college students according to various college alcohol and drug studies, consequences of use, and a variety of useful resources for addressing the issue on campuses.
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http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/prev-updates/marijuana.html

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
U.S. Department of Education.
This resource highlights provisions of FERPA about disclosure of student educational records.
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http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html

A Freshman Orientation of the Future
William DeJong.
This document offers 11 points for planning a freshman orientation on college campuses, addressing issues of AOD.
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http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/articles/frosh-orient.html

Parental Notification
The Inter-Association Task Force on Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Issues, The Inter-Association Task Force on Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Issues.
This report is concerned solely with providing the higher education community with guidelines relative to parental notification of alcohol and other drug violations by students.
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http://www.iatf.org/parent1a.htm

Parental Notification: A New Strategy to Reduce Alcohol Abuse on Campus
Carolyn Palmer, Gretchen Lohman, Donald Gehring, Sarah Carlson, and Olan Garrett.
The study summarized in this article is designed to determine the numbers and types of institutions of higher education that had implemented parental notification policies for alcohol violations prior to and subsequent to October 1, 1998 when the Higher Education Reauthorization Act (HERA) became effective.
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http://publications.naspa.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1145&context=naspajournal

Recreational Use of Ritalin on College Campuses
Daniel Ari Kapner, Higher Education Center.
This article describes Ritalin use on college campuses, outlines possible adverse effects, and recommends policies for institutions of higher education.
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http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/factsheets/ritalin.html

Sexual Assault, Harassment, and Alcohol and Other Drug Use
To access this article: http://www2.edc.org/hec/pubs/ publication number HEC 705
This fact sheet briefly analyzes factors critical to understanding sexual assault on college and university campuses, as well as strategies to help campus officials respond to these incidents.
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http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/factsheets/fact_sheet1.pdf

Students Take the Lead in Campus Prevention
This article from the Higher Education Centerís newsletter Catalyst covers the Seize the Moment: Student Leadership in Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention workshop for students.
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http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/catalyst13.html#students

Students Resources

101 Alcohol Free Things to Do in Boston
Boston University Wellness Center.
This guide was put together by the Wellness Center for students to use as a resource for finding alcohol-free entertainment in the city.
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http://www.bu.edu/wellness/101.html

Alcohol Free Activities
Purdue University Student Wellness Office.
The Student Wellness Office at Purdue University posts campus-wide alcohol free activities and events as a way to promote and advertise alcohol free options for students.
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http://www.purdue.edu/oop/alcohol/pages/alternative_activities/

Alcohol-Free Social Event Ideas
Theta Chi Fraternity.
This document provides readers with tips and ideas for planning alcohol-free activities for students.
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http://www.thetachi.org/AFH/social.pdf

American College Health Association National College Health Assessment.
To access this article: Ordering information available at: http://www.acha.org/projects_programs/ncha_data.cfm#forms_rpts http://www.acha.org/projects_programs/NCHA_report_order_form.pdf
This college assessment analyzes data on various norms and behaviors of students on various issues like drug and alcohol use as well as health and wellness issues like nutrition and mental health.
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http://www.acha.org/projects_programs/assessment.cfm

BASICS Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention of College Students
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
BASICSóBrief Alcohol Screening and Intervention of College Students: A Harm Reduction Approachóis a preventive intervention for college students 18 to 24 years old. It is aimed at students who drink alcohol heavily and have experienced or are at risk for alcohol-related problems such as poor class attendance, missed assignments, accidents, sexual assault, and violence.
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http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov/print.cfm?pkProgramid=89

Cocaine
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
The evolution of the use of cocaine, consequences of its use, and statistics on the trend of use are discussed on this Web page.
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www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/cocaine/index.html

College Student Suicide Prevention: Background and Blueprint for Action.
The Chickering Group.
This article discusses suicide among college age students, analyzing factors contributing to suicide such as transition, stress, and the college environment. The author also presents information on risk and protective factors, warning signs, and the benefits of developing a campus-wide strategy for suicide prevention.
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http://www.chickering.com/uploads/documents/spectrum/2004%20Spring%20-%20Mental%20Health%20On%20Campus.pdf

Correlates of college student marijuana use: Results of a US national survey
Bell, R, Wechsler, H, and Johnston, LD., Addiction, 92(5): 571-581., (1997).
Link to abstract: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas/Documents/corr_marijuana/
This study, focusing on predictors of marijuana use among a national representative sample of 17,592 students at 140 American colleges, found marijuana use was higher among students who participate in other high risk behaviors such as binge drinking, cigarette smoking, and having multiple sexual partners.
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http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1360-0443.1997.9255716.x

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA): Steroids
This is a fact sheet on steroids geared towards law enforcement.
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http://www.dea.gov/concern/steroids.html

e-CHUG
San Diego State University.
The e-CHUG, currently in use on over 250 universities and colleges across 42 states and in Canada and Australia, is an online alcohol intervention and personalized feedback tool designed to reduce drinking among college students.
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www.e-chug.com

Guidelines for Choices regarding Alcohol Use: 90 Ideas for Alcohol Free Activities
The United Way of Minneapolis Area.
Students are often complaining that there is nothing to do on the weekends ñ except drink. This document lists 90 ideas for safe and healthy activities.
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http://www.uwmsp.org/mpls/information_&_more/discovery/TipSheets/moderation.PDF

Helping College Students Hit the Books, Not the Bars
The Texas Safety Network.
This brief article summarizes alcohol education programs at colleges and universities around Texas, and includes relevant links and contact information.
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http://www.texassafetynetwork.org/news/enewsletter/2003/081403.htm

Heroin
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
Up-to-date information and statistics on the pattern of heroin use, legislation, and consequences of its use can be obtained on this Web page.
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www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/heroin/index.html

Inhalants
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
This informative resource provides a wide spectrum of materials on inhalants, and goes into extensive detail to provide a descriptive picture of the pattern of inhalant use, and available supporting data.
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www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/inhalants

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): Steroids (Anabolic-Androgenic)
This fact sheet on steroids includes health hazards and the extent of steroid use by students.
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http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofax/steroids.html

Natural History of College Student Substance Use
Dartmouth Center on Addiction, Recovery and Education (DCARE).
This is an informative resource on the course and pattern of substance abuse and contains a selection of descriptive abstracts aimed at further enhancing the understanding of this topic by prevention specialists.
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http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dcare/pdfs/natural_history.pdf#search='inhalant%20use%20college%20students

Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP): Steroids
This fact sheet on steroids includes information about prevalence and consequences, information on trafficking and distribution, and the legislative history of steroids.
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http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/steroids/index.html

Prime for Life: The STAR Program of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity
Pi Kappa Phi.
This document reviews the major results of an evaluation of the impact of the Prime for Life program, an alcohol and drug program that follows the Best Practices of the substance abuse field, on Pi Kappa Phi members.
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http://www.askpri.org/Scanned%20Evaluations/Campus/Phi%20Kappa%20Phi%202003.pdf

The Process of Intervention: How Can I Help?
The UCSC Alcohol and Other Drugs Program.
This Web site is geared towards college faculty, administrators, and students to educate them on identifying an alcohol problem and provide tips on how to help a student demonstrating signs of alcohol issues.
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http://www2.ucsc.edu/aod/interven.html

Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Suicide in College and University Settings.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center.
This paper analyzes data from various regional and national mental health surveys to provide a big picture of mental health issues among college students.
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http://www.sprc.org/library/college_sp_whitepaper.pdf

Pulse Check, National Trends in Drug Abuse, Summer 1997; Trends in Drug Use: Spring-Fall 1996
Office of National Drug Control Policy.
This report presents a comparative analysis of the fluctuating patterns of heroin abuse across various population groups as a result of the drugís changing quality and availability as determined by price.
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ttp://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/drugfact/pulsechk/summer97/pctrend1.html

Relationship of early inhalant use to substance use in college students
Bennett, ME, Walters, ST, Miller, JH, & Woodall, WG., Journal of substance abuse, 12(3), 227., (2000).
This analysis of data from four campus-wide surveys found an association between an increased frequency of drinking alcohol, illicit drug use, and substance-related consequences during the college years, and early onset of use of inhalants or marijuana.
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http://casaa.unm.edu/posters/RELATIONSHIP%20OF%20EARLY%20INHALANT%20USE%20TO%20SUBSTANCE%20USE%20IN%20COLLEGE%20STUDENTS.pdf#search='marijuana%20use%20college%20students'

Report on the Sportsmanship and Fan Behavior Summit
The National Collegiate Athletic Association.
This report summarizes the results of the Sportsmanship and Fan Behavior Summit which aimed to: examine issues related to fan violence at or in conjunction with collegiate sporting events; raise awareness and initiate national communication among key stakeholders; and identify possible best practices that can be compiled into a report for local application.
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http://www.ncaa.org/sportsmanship/sportsmanshipFanBehavior/report.pdf

The residual cognitive effects of heavy marijuana use in college students
Pope, HG, Jr, Yurgelun-Todd, D., JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association, 275(7), 521., (1996).
This study conducted among heavy and light smokers of marijuana who were undergraduates found an association between heavy marijuana use and residual neuropsychological effects.
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http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/275/7/521

RU Aware? Alcohol Awareness Page
Radford University.
This Web page aims to educate college students about alcohol and its consumption, and how to deal with someone who has consumed too much alcohol.
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http://www.radford.edu/~kcastleb/toc.html

Students Examining the Culture of College Drinking
The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
This Web page provides interactive tools, myths about campus alcohol use, and a link to news about drinking on campus.
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http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/students

Studies Show Cognitive Impairments Linger in Heavy Marijuana Users
Robert Mathias.
This National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) notes article discusses the antecedent neurological, and psychological consequences associated with marijuana use, the author noting that the ability to learn is affected is both acute and long term in nature.
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http://www.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNVol11N3/MarijMemory.html

Trends in marijuana and other illicit drug use among college students: results from 4 Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study Surveys: 1993-2001
Mohler-Kuo, M, Lee, J, Wechsler, H., Journal of American College Health, 52 (1), p17-24, 8p, 5..
Trends in marijuana and other illicit drug use among college students: results from 4 Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study Surveys: 1993-2001
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http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas/Documents/ilicitdrug/

UMADD
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).
This Web page provides background information about MADD and the specific role of students in working to curb problematic drinking.
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http://www.madd.org/under21/0,1056,2330,00.html

Video Supplement to the Final Report on the Sportsmanship and Fan Behavior Summit
The National Collegiate Athletic Association.
This valuable media resource is a useful tool for promoting the spirit of good sportsmanship.
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http://www.ncaa.org/sportsmanship/sportsmanshipFanBehavior/

Youth risk behavior surveillance: National college health risk behavior survey -- United States, 1995
Morbidity and mortality weekly report. CDC surveillance summaries. 46(6), 1., (1997).
Link to abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9393659&dopt=Citation
Results of this biennial survey of high school and college studentsí high risk behaviors showed that a high proportion of students still engage in high risk behaviors, some of which include episodic heavy drinking during the 30 days preceding the survey, drinking alcohol and driving, and drinking alcohol while boating or swimming.
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http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00049859.htm

General Resources

A Call to Action: Changing The Culture Of Drinking At U.S. Colleges
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).
This report outlines the dramatic effects of high-risk drinking on college and university campuses and presents a series of recommendations for effective prevention.
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http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/Reports/TaskForce/TaskForce_TOC.aspx

The College Alcohol Study
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Behavior.
The Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study (CAS) Web site provides frequent updates of the latest studies on student alcohol abuse.
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http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas

The Core Institute
The Center for Alcohol and Drug Studies, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
This Web site provides links to surveys, publications, products and general information about AOD prevention on college campuses.
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http://www.siu.edu/~coreinst/

Environmental Strategies to Prevent Alcohol Problems on College Campuses
Deborah Fisher.
This booklet describes environmental approaches to controlling alcohol abuse on college campuses. It highlights strategies used and provides a detailed explanation and a list of ideas to carry out that strategy.
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http://www.udetc.org/documents/EnviroStrat.pdf