Is Everybody Drinking? Gordie Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Department of Student Health

Is Everybody Drinking? Gordie Center for Substance Abuse PreventionDepartment of Student Health

Each family will receive an audience response “clicker.” Please pass to the end of your row following the session.

Student Health ServicesHandbook for Parents pages 36-41

• General Medicine• Gynecology• Learning Needs & Disability (LNEC)• Counseling & Psychological (CAPS)• Pharmacy• Lab• Health Promotion

Questions about Student Health?Visit the Resource FairTomorrow 12:30pm-2:30pm

Representatives from:• General Medicine• Counseling and Psychological Services• Learning Needs & Disability Services• Billing and Medical Records• Aetna – Student Health’s insurance provider

Hand in the REQUIRED Pre-Entrance Health Form! (Reminder: August 31st deadline - $100 penalty)

Have you used clickers before?

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1. What’s a clicker?2. Yes, but only a couple

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Virginia Law (Handbook for Parents pg. 75)

Underage alcohol consumption/possession/purchase Purchasing, giving, providing, or assisting in providing

alcohol to person under 21 Using A fake ID

ALL Class 1 misdemeanors• Mandatory minimum $500 fine (max. of $2,500) or

50 hours of community service • Mandatory driver’s license suspension -

6 month minimum, 1 year max.• Possible jail sentence: up to 1 year

www.Gordiescall.org

U.Va. student Leslie Baltz (1976-1997)

Is this what

college is

really like?

When do you think your son/daughter most recently used alcohol?

In th

e past 30...

In past

12 mon...

Never

0% 0%0%

1. In the past 30 days2. In past 12 months3. Never

What % of U.Va. 1st year students typically don’t drink? (no alcohol in past 30 days)

0% 0%0%0%

1. 5%2. 16%3. 23%4. 37%

U.Va. First-Year Student Alcohol Use

*2012 National College Health Assessment

On a typical Saturday night,

3 out of 4 U.Va. first-years have between 0 - 4 drinks

74% This includes 40% who don’t drink at all.

*2010 Health Promotion Survey of U.Va. Undergraduate Students.

Of 100 U.Va. undergraduate students on a Saturday night…

31 drinking no alcohol.

33 drinking moderately -

1 to 3 drinks over the course of the evening.

19 drinking a bit more (4 or 5 drinks).

17 drinking heavily- 6 or more

*2010 Health Promotion Survey

2/3 are at low risk for problems

What % of first-year students DO NOT smoke cigarettes?

61%70%

88%95%

0% 0%0%0%

1. 61%2. 70%3. 88%4. 95%

U.Va. Undergraduate Student Cigarette Use

* 2012 National College Health Assessment

Most students have never used cigarettes

What % of U.Va. students DO NOT use marijuana?

65%75%

85%95%

0% 0%0%0%

1. 65%2. 75%3. 85%4. 95%

U.Va. Undergraduate Student Marijuana Use

Never65%

Past month15%

Past year20%

Most students have never used marijuana

*2012 National College Health Assessment

U.Va. undergraduate student abuse of prescription stimulant drugs (i.e., Ritalin, Adderall, etc. that were not prescribed to them or used for purposes other than intended)

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ADHD Medication Tips for Students If you have a prescription, think about:

• Who to tell you have ADHD meds• How to handle requests to give/sell

your meds If you think you need meds to study• Schedule an evaluation for attention

difficulties at Student Health’s Learning Needs Evaluation Center

What are the

majority doing?

The brain develops at different rates

Compared to older adults, the brains of young adults (under the age of 25) respond differently to alcohol

Source: H Scott Swartzwelder, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University. Research supported by NIAAA and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Less sensitive to sedative effects

Problem drinking and biology

• Family history = 4X greater risk

• Informed choice

Alcohol abuse that occurs while the brain is still developing, even into the early 20s, may have

“profound and long-lasting consequences.”

Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse

http://www.nida.nih.gov/scienceofaddiction/addiction.html

Stall Seat J

ournal

AADAPTDAPTAlcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention Team Student Athlete Mentors (SAM)

U.Va. Peer Education

Peer Health Educators

Hoos Sober listserv of alcohol-free eventssympa@virginia.edu

Subject line: subscribe hoos-sober

ADAPT

Used more than 3,900 times in 2011-2012

Hoos in Recovery An association of over 120 undergraduate graduate students staff faculty, and alumni

in recovery from alcoholism or addiction who provide a non-judgmental, non-critical, anonymous forum for discussion.

September 5Noon

Newcomb Board Room

HoosInRecovery@virginia.edu

Your continued role

Students trust you Initiate conversations Clear expectations Avoid scare tactics Reinforce U.Va. norms Repeat the message

THANK YOU!

Please pass your clickers to the end of the row.