[Vision2020] KTVB Boise via AP Spokane: University of Idaho reviews student alcohol use

[Kenneth Marcy]

University of Idaho reviews student alcohol use

http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/2015/09/26/university-of-idaho-drinking/72891878/ 


SPOKANE, Washington (AP) - Officials with the University of Idaho say 
they want to implement strategies to reduce underage drinking and 
alcohol abuse among students.

The Spokesman-Review reports that the university is teaming up with 
National Institute of Health and other schools as part of their 
alcohol-abuse prevention effort.

Sharon Fritz with the university's Counseling and Testing Center says 
more than 40 percent of UI students engage in binge drinking.

Binge drinking is five drinks for males and four drinks for females 
within a two-hour period.

According to the National College Health Assessment, 17 percent of UI 
students said they didn't drink in 2005. In 2013, that number had bumped 
to about 22 percent. Meanwhile, 65 percent of students said they've had 
some sort of alcoholic drink over the past 30 days.


Ken