Spring 1997 (vol. 12, no. 2) Contents

For a free copy of this 1997 specialcollege issue, please contact:HigherEducation Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention.A service of the U.S. Department of Education'sSafe and Drug-free Schools Program.Visit the Center on the web at http://www.edc.org/hec/

Party SchoolsTake on Binge Drinking - William DeJong

Last Fall, Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH...

Is Age the Issue?- Jim Peters

For colleges and universities, a national 21 minimum purchase age foralcohol beverages means that two classes of students share the same campusenvironments....

Alcohol, Drugs,and Violence...on Campus

At one university, 22 students wound up in jail when the annual Homecomingfestivities turned into a two-hour drunken riot....

Learning fromService: Opportunities for Prevention - Tom Colthurst

"You CAN make a difference. INTERACT, INVOLVE, VOLUNTEER!" exhortsthe Office of Student Community Service at Northwestern University, appealingto a growing higher education interest in student service, often referredto as service learning, campus and community service, or volunteerism...

Alcohol, Taxesand Prevention: A New Guide

One preventionmeasure often overlooked by policy makers in alcohol taxes. Despitenumerous economic studies that have found increasing alcohol taxes to beone of the most effective means of saving young lives...

Prevention Updates

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