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Binge-Drinking Collegians at High Risk for Injuries


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The findings, expected to be published in the September issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, are available through the journal's online Early View site.

Legal and underage drinking is rampant on most college campuses and, according to a previous study's estimate, resulted in more than a half million injuries to U.S. students in 2001. Alcohol-related injuries resulted in the deaths of more than 1,700 college students in that same year, Mundt noted.

"Approximately 2.8 million U.S. college students drove under the influence of alcohol in the past 12 months, and 600,000 U.S. college students were hit or assaulted by a student who was under the influence of alcohol," he said.

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The U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has more about college drinking.

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SOURCE: University of Wisconsin-Madison, news release, May 22, 2009


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