Alcohol Facts

• Heavy drinking is the most common among freshman
• 70% of college students admit to engaging in unplanned sexual activity primarily as a result of drinking
• More than 70,000 college students experience alcohol related sexual assault each year
• Alcohol is the number one health problem for college students and other young adults
• One in five students abandon safe sex practices when intoxicated
• Students frequently overestimate how much and how often other students drink
• One in ten students damage property when intoxicated
• Alcohol is involved in 90% of on campus rapes nationally
• BAL can continue to increase for several hours even after you stop consuming alcohol
• Binge Drinking is considered the number one public health problem facing college age students in the United States