70% of college students consumed alcohol in the past year, with half being heavy drinkers, and 1,700 students die annually from preventable alcohol-related injuries. Campus drinking can negatively impact academics and is linked to crimes like rape and vandalism, and in severe cases can lead to death. Additionally, 70% of college students have engaged in sexual activity while under the influence of alcohol, and fetal alcohol syndrome is the third most common birth defect in the United States, while one in four children live with family alcoholism.
2. Alcohol Statistics College: 70% of college students consumed alcohol in the past year ½ of these students are heavy drinkers
3. Students 1,700 students die annually from alcohol related injuries that were preventable Campus drinking can affect academics, is linked to crime such as rape or vandalism, and in worse circumstances can lead to death Undergrad ER visits are at 13% for alcohol related injuries 70% of college students admit to having engaged in sexual activity primarily as a result of being under influence of alcohol
4. Alcohol & Families Children Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: 3rd most common birth defect in the United States 1 in 4 children live in an alcoholic situation “Don’t talk, don’t trust, don’t feel.”
