2. STATISTICS ABOUT SEX, DRUGS
AND ALCOHOL
70% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS ADMIT TO HAVING ENGAGED
IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY AS A RESULT OF BEING UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL
90% OF ALL CAMPUS RAPES OCCUR WHEN ALCOHOL HAS
BEEN USED BY EITHER THE ASSAILANT OR THE VICTIM.
60% OF COLLEGE WOMEN WHO ARE INFECTED WITH
STDS, REPORT THAT THEY WERE UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF ALCOHOL AT THE TIME THEY HAD INTERCOURSE WITH
THE INFECTED PERSON.
3. STATISTICS OF SEX, DRUGS, AND
ALCOHOL CONT.
MORE THAN 97,000 ARE VICTIMS OF ALCOHOL-RELATED
SEXUAL ASSAULT OR DATE RAPE.
MORE THAN 100,000 REPORT HAVING BEEN TOO INTOXICATED
TO KNOW IF THEY CONSENTED TO HAVING SEX.
31% OF COLLEGE FRESHMEN MALES MIX ALCOHOL OR
DRUGS WITH SEX
19% OF COLLEGE FRESHMEN WOMEN MIX ALCOHOL OR
DRUGS WITH SEX
5. SEX STATISTICS
1 IN 12 COLLEGE MALES ADMIT TO HAVING COMMITTED ACTS
THAT MEET THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF RAPE OR
ACQUAINTANCE RAPE
TEENS 18 TO 20 WERE 3.5 TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN THE
GENERAL POPULATION TO BE VICTIMS OF RAPE, ATTEMPTED
RAPE OR ASSAULT
9 OUT OF 10 RAPE VICTIMS ARE WOMEN
8. DRUG STATISTICS
50.7 % OF COLLEGE STUDENTS REPORTED USING MARIJUANA
AT LEAST ONCE DURING THEIR FRESHMEN YEAR
33.7 % OF COLLEGE STUDENTS REPORTED MARIJUANA USE IN
THE PAST YEAR
9.2 % OF COLLEGE STUDENTS REPORTED USING COCAINE AT
LEAST ONCE DURING THEIR LIFETIMES
UP TO 25 % OF STUDENTS AT SOME COLLEGES REPORT NON-
PRESCRIBED USE OF ADDERALL, RITALIN, AND DEXEDRINE
WHICH ARE USED TO TREATED FOR ADHD.
9. DRUG STATISTIC CONT.
YOUNG ADULTS 18 TO 22 FOR FULL-TIME COLLEGE STUDENTS TOOK
ILLICIT DRUGS 37.5 % MORE THEN THOSE WHO DO NOT ATTEND
COLLEGE
5.4 % OF COLLEGE STUDENTS REPORTED COCAINE USE IN THE PAST
YEAR
1.9 % REPORTED COCAINE USE IN THE PAST MONTH
9.7 % OF 18- TO 25-YEAR-OLDS SURVEYED IN 2000 HAD USED ECSTASY
AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIFETIMES
12. ALCOHOL STATISTICS
MORE THAN 40% OF COLLEGE FRESHMEN ADMITTED
DRINKING BECAUSE THEY ARE UPSET;
31% SAID THEY DRINK ALONE; 25% SAID THEY DRINK WHEN
THEY ARE BORED
EACH YEAR, STUDENTS SPEND $5.5 BILLION ON ALCOHOL,
MORE THAN THEY SPEND ON SOFT DRINKS, TEA, MILK,
JUICE, COFFEE OR BOOKS COMBINED.
APPROXIMATELY 240,000 TO 360,000 OF THE NATION’S 12
MILLION UNDERGRADUATES WILL ULTIMATELY DIE FROM
ALCOHOL-RELATED CAUSES--MORE THAN THE NUMBER
THAT WILL GET MAS AND PHD’S COMBINED.
13. ALCOHOL STATISTIC CONT.
25 % OF STUDENTS REPORT
THEIR DRINKING INFLUENCED
MISSING CLASS, DOING POORLY
ON EXAMS OR PAPERS, AND
RECEIVING LOWER GRADES
83% OF COLLEGE FRESHMEN
DRINK ALCOHOL
THE AVERAGE MALE CONSUMES
7 DRINKS PER WEEK.
THE AVERAGE FEMALE
CONSUMES 4 DRINKS PER WEEK
DAYS
15. SEX, DRUGS AND ALCOHOL:
THE SENIOR EXPERIENCE
WHAT STRUCK ME AS A FRESHMAN ABOUT SEX, ALCOHOL, AND DRUGS WAS
THAT THERE IS REALLY NO ONE THAT YOU NEED TO ANSWER TO ABOUT YOUR
ACTIONS.
I DO THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISH WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT CHOICES
YOU WANT TO MAKE BEFORE YOU GO ANYWHERE OR DO ANYTHING BECAUSE
AT LEAST YOU WILL BE MORE PREPARED IN THAT SITUATION
I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC OPINION ABOUT SEX,
ALCOHOL, AND DRUGS BEFORE YOU EVEN SET FOOT ON CAMPUS. “IF YOU DON’T
STAND FOR SOMETHING YOU WILL FALL FOR ANYTHING.”
“HAPPINESS IS SACRIFICING WHAT YOU WANT NOW FOR WHAT YOU WANT
LATER.” MAYBE DRINKING AS MUCH AS YOUR ROOMMATE AND HER FRIENDS IN
ORDER TO HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE AS THEM IS WHAT YOU WANT NOW,
BUT MAYBE WHAT YOU WILL WANT LATER IS TO NOT HAVE MADE RASH
DECISIONS
