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Correcting distorted beliefs about the extent to which college students both drink and abuse alcohol has proven to be a highly effective way to reduce both the consumption and the abuse of alcohol among students. Students going off to college almost always believe that “everyone” is drinking heavily and abusing alcohol. This “reign of error” […]

Henry Wechsler is sounding the alarms again. That is what you do when you see academe as a landscape lined with “party houses awash in a sea of alcohol,” a culture imperiled by destructive drinking traditions, a community with too few guards at the gates. Mr. Wechsler, director of the Harvard School of Public Health […]

Prevalence estimates of illicit drug use do not differ significantly between mail and web surveys,according to a study of undergraduate students attending a large Midwestern public university in the spring of 2001. A random sample of 7,000 students were randomly assigned to self-administer either a Web-or mail-based substance use survey. Both undergraduate men and women […]

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By Kevin Duggan Perception is not reality when it comes to student alcohol use in Fort Collins. Life at Colorado State University is not a party that runs 24/7, and dangerous behavior, such as drunken driving or binge drinking, is not the norm. That’s the message local organizations dedicated to addressing drug and alcohol issues […]

Our view: Parents must use influence to battle alcohol Online Coloradoan https://www.coloradoan.com/news/coloradoanpublishing/Culture_of_Alcohol/020805_ourview.html Perceptions about drinking usually start at home When it comes to alcohol, image is everything. Like it or not, Colorado State University and Fort Collins are at the forefront of a battle over images and realities regarding alcohol use. Images feed perceptions, misconceptions […]

Tuesday, January 25, 2005 By GARY HARMON The Daily Sentinel Frightening students away from alcohol or tobacco or even into buckling their seat belts might drive some toward the choices they’re intended to discourage, a Montana researcher said Monday. Dr. Jeff Linkenbach, director of Montana State University’s “MOST of Us” programs, told school administrators, police […]

Bozeman Daily Chronicle Friday, November 21, 2003 By Kirk Astroth Last January, those of us in the Gallatin Valley were horrified when three young people and their driving instructor were killed in an accident near Manhattan. As a result, attention has been focused on driver’s education programs and the need for some national driver’s education […]

By KELLYN BROWN, Chronicle Staff Writer The criminal justice system can’t fight the methamphetamine epidemic alone, Montana Attorney General Mike McGrath said Tuesday morning. Local judges, law enforcement officers and community leaders need to help raise the awareness of methamphetamine problems in the community, especially regarding the drug’s impact on children, McGrath told a group […]

McGrath urges action against meth By BECKY SHAY Of The Gazette Staff Attorney General Mike McGrath was in Billings Thursday evening to help raise awareness about the widespread troubles created by methamphetamine. Use of the highly addictive drug creates problems that go beyond the criminal justice system, he said. “We cannot arrest, prosecute or jail […]