Drinking and Driving Among College Students

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Drinking and Driving Among College Students

• Katherine Christman, Brian Rudd, and Crescentia
  Tso

www.north-wales.police.uk
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Outline

• Background
• Argument
• Personal Stories Police Report
• Myths and Facts
• Statistics
• Counterarguments Refutation
• Conclusion
• Class Activity (Optional)

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Background

• History of the Legal Drinking Age
• 1934
• 1974
• 1981
• 1983
• 1985
• 1987

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Background

• History of the Legal Drinking Age
• 1934
• 1974
• 1981
• 1983
• 1985
• 1987

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Argument

• College students should not drink and drive
• Personal story
• Common misconceptions
• Facts and studies
• Startling statistics

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Stories
May 2, 2004, Vanessa Cogdill
http//www.afterthecrash.org/profiles/cogdill/inde
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Stories
May 2005 , Sean Jamian
http//www.afterthecrash.org/profiles/jamian/index
.html
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Crimes Reported to NAU Police 2003-2005
http//www4.nau.edu/police/G6064020Police20Repor
t4.pdf
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NAU Police Log
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Myths about Alcohol

• Alcohol is a stimulant
• I just drive slower
• Im bigger so I can handle my liquor better
• Drinking coffee sobers me up

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Facts for the Myths

• Alcohol is a depressant
• Does not matter how slow you drive
• Metabolism, rest, and food intake are all factors
• Coffee just makes you a wide awake drunk

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Interesting Facts

• 1,700 college students between the ages of 18-24
  die each year.
• 599,000 students between the ages of 18-24 are
  unintentionally injured.
• 25 of college students report academic
  consequences of their drinking.
• College students drink an estimated 4 billion
  cans of beer each year.
• Each year, college students spend 5.5 billion on
  alcohol (mostly beer).

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Statistics

• Assault more than 696,000 students
• Sexual abuse more than 97,000 students
• Unsafe Sex 400,000 students between the ages of
  18 and 24 had unprotected sex
• 60 of college women who have acquired sexually
  transmitted diseases.
• 90 of all reported campus rapes occur when
  alcohol is being used by either the assailant or
  the victim

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Promoting Positive Norms
The majority of college students drink an average
of 2 or fewer drinks a week.
Source 2005 Core Alcohol and Drug Survey,
developed under a grant from the U.S. Department
of Education and conducted annually by the Core
Institute, a not-for-profit organization. The
statistics are drawn from a cross-section of
schools from across the country, consisting of
33,379 undergraduate students from 53 colleges in
the United States. All institutions used methods
to insure a random and representative sample of
their respective student bodies. Survey question
Average of drinks you consume a week ____. A
drink is a bottle of beer, a glass of wine, a
wine cooler, a shot glass of liquor, or a mixed
drink.
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Counterargument If Im old enough to go to war,
I should be old enough to drink.

• Fact we are legally adults at the age of 18.
• Marry
• Vote
• Adopt children
• Own and drive a vehicle
• Have abortions

• Operate businesses
• Perform and/or purchase pornography
• Fly airplanes
• Hold public office
• jury duty
• Be executed
• Serve in the United States armed services

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Refutation

• The law gives 18 year olds many rights, but it
  also states that at this age a 18 year old person
  is not responsible enough to consume alcohol.
  Because of the damages and the poorly made
  decisions that are a cause of consuming alcohol,
  such as drinking and driving.

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Europeans let their teens drink from an early
age, yet the dont have the alcohol-related
problems we do.

• Three common characteristics

• Alcohol is a neutral substance.
• Two equally acceptable choices abstain from
  drinking, or drink in moderation.
• People learn from an early age about drinking in
  moderation. This comes from examples by parents.

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Refutation

• In Europe the drinking age is not a factor and
  not as important than it is here in the states.
• The culture has instilled that people in Europe
  drink in moderations. The adults set a good
  example to the youth by not drinking till they
  are drunk
• Where here in the US the adult population abuse
  drinking and use it as a form of depression and
  dont drink in moderation. In turn showing the
  youth of this country that people can not be
  trusted to know how to hold their liquor

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Class Activity

• Alcohol Calorie Calculator
• Alcohol Cost Calculator
• Calculate your BAC

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Conclusion

• Drinking and Driving result in negative
  consequences
• Facts
• Studies
• Statistics
• Research
• Personal stories

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References

• After The Crash. (2004). Retrieved October 24,
  2006, from     http//www.afterthecrash.org/profi
  les/index.html
• Cooper, L., Ph.D. (2005, September 23). Alcohol
  Use and Risky Sexual Behavior among College
  Students and Youth Evaluating the Evidence.
  College Drinking Prevention. Abstract retrieved
  October 23, 2006, from College Drinking
  Prevention Web site http//www.collegedrinkingpre
  vention.gov/SupportingResearch/Journal/cooper.aspx
  
• Johnston, L. D., Ph.D., O'Malley, P. M., Ph.D.
  (2005, September 23).Epidemiology of Alcohol and
  Other Drug Use among American College
  Students.College Drinking Prevention. Abstract
  retrieved October 23, 2006, fromCollege Drinking
  Prevention Web sitehttp//www.collegedrinkingpre
  vention.gov/SupportingResearch/Journal/Omalley.asp
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• Lee, H., PhD., Lee, J. E., Dr.PH., Nelson, T. F.,
  MS., Wechsler, H., PhD.(2003). Review of the
  journal Drinking and Driving among College
  Students The Influence of Alcohol-Control
  Policies. American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  , 25(3).
• History of the Legal Drinking Age. (2006).
  Retrieved October 24, 2006,  http//www.abc.state.
  va.us/facts/legalage.html

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Thank You!Questions?