Nearly half of America's 5.4 million full-time college students abuse drugs or drink alcohol on binges at least once a month, according to a new study that portrays substance and alcohol abuse as an increasingly urgent problem on campuses across the nation.
A Study showed white students are more likely to use drugs and alcohol than minority students, and students at historically black colleges have much lower rates of substance abuse than other students.
School administrators have not done enough to curtail drug and alcohol abuse on campus, Califano says. In CASA's survey of administrators, two-thirds said responsibility for stopping drug abuse rests with students.
'HIGHER' EDUCATION?
The percentage of college students saying they took potentially dangerous drugs during the previous year is up:
(from a 2007 USA today article)
Any illicit drug• 1993: 30.6
• 2005: 36.6
Marijuana• 1993: 27.9
• 2005: 33.3
Hallucinogens• 1993: 6.0
• 2005: 5.0
Inhalants• 1993: 3.8
• 2005: 1.8
Cocaine• 1993: 2.7
• 2005: 5.7
Heroin• 1993: 0.1
• 2005: 0.3
Source: The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-03-15-college-drug-use_N.htm
ALEXANDRA CHUNN
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