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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 |
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The Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study (CAS) has released the results of a landmark study that explored the impact of college's environments on the prevalence of binge drinking by their students.
The massive study examined more than 50,000 students on 120 college campuses over a period of 14 years, and it concluded that many campuses and their surrounding communities "inadvertantly promote drinking."
Of course it also found that binge drinking by students contributes to a variety of serious health and social consequences that are NOT associated with marijuana use, including overdose, sexual and physical assault, and vandalism.
SAFER has been saying this for the past three years. It has continually highlighted the growing problem of binge drinking on college campuses and pointed out the dangerous message being sent many universities that alcohol use is more acceptable than marijuana use. |
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Written by SAFER
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Monday, 14 July 2008 |
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The BBC reported today that Scotland's national Violence Reduction Unit has  launched a four-week![]() campaign to crack down on alcohol-related violence that typically occurs over the summer. According to Andrew Laing, a local public prosecutor, there is a "clear connection" between alcohol misuse and criminal behaviour. "It is rare to come across crimes of violence on our streets which
are not associated with alcohol misuse. "Over indulgence of alcohol can lead to people acting out of character,
turning a trivial argument or dispute into episodes of violence with
sometimes tragic consequences."
Of course neither Mr. Laing nor any other Scottish officials appear to be concerned with any violence associated with marijuana use. |
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Written by SAFER
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Monday, 14 July 2008 |
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According to a report from Celebstoner.com, actress Elizabeth Perkins (of "Weeds," "Big," and "He Said, She Said" fame) believes that marijuana should be legal because it's no more harmful than alcohol.
At 2:35 in the video: "Alcohol is legal. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me why marijuana's not." |
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Wednesday, 09 July 2008 |
Last week the New York Daily News reported on yet another case of alcohol-fueled "air rage" on a commercial airplane. We realize this is somewhat old news and we're sorry we missed it when it came out, but we just had to mention it here due to the circumstances of the incident and the story's apropos title: "Drunk student goes nuts mid-flight." The booze kicked in about two hours into the transatlantic flight when a woman passenger reported Kircher was masturbating through his clothing, according to a complaint filed in Brooklyn Federal Court. |
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