The Party Gets Busted Police in Swampscott, MA say 58 underage drinkers, many of them high school student-athletes, will have to appear in court after being arrested at a recent underage drinking party. Neighbours called the police on students fighting in the street, drinking beer and hard
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Recently the University of New Hampshire (UNH) began a new responsible drinking social media campaign, “Think Smart. Drink Safe.” Adam Gaudreault, a UNH graduate student in justice studies, has been interning at the Portsmouth Police Department and worked with them to develop an innovative way to reach
Read more →Recently, I was fortunate enough to present a Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco presentation at the NEACUHO Drive-in with an audience of Resident Life staff and College students. Here are the survey results. Total Surevy 29 People 1. The program content closely followed the description in the booklet.
Read more →Smoking has long been a problem among young adults. Many youths begin smoking due to peer pressure and seeing their parents smoking. Most college students have heard about the health risks involved in smoking cigarettes throughout school. But there is a new trend causing health concerns among
Read more →Even as smoking is becoming a thing of the past in restaurants and other public buildings, hookah bars are becoming more and more popular. Young people have found hookah bars to be the chic hangout they have been looking for. Many hookah bars are being conveniently placed
Read more →According to a new study, students that show the propensity for aggression and high levels of impulsivity are more likely to carry their heavy drinking habits into their adult lives. 96 male and 265 female undergraduates anonymously participated in an online survey that used college students drinking
Read more →Athletic directors should use drug and alcohol youth speakers with high school assembly to keep student athletes away from drugs. Student athletes embarking on a new fall season can certainly benefit from a drug and alcohol youth speaker and abuse prevention high school assembly. In April 2011,
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