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What is the cost of getting drunk?

Crash costs are $5.54 for every mile driven drunk. This includes $2.34 to people other than the drunk driver.  By comparison, crash costs are 10 cents per mile driven while sober.
 

  On weekend nights, among drivers with BACs above 0.15, the likelihood of death in a single-vehicle crash is more than 380 times higher than it is for non-drinking drivers.

60%  had to "babysit" a drunk student
20% had property damaged
74% had studying/sleep interrupted

For every student that gets drunk there is an average of four people who need to take care of  him or her.  That means four people pay the price for one person's night out.  Are you one of the 20% who choose to get drunk on a regular basis (at least once a week) or are you one of the 80% who choose not to get drunk, or not to drink at all and choose another way to have fun.
 

College students weary of alcohol-fueled sexual aggression, rude and
obnoxious behaviors, and other binge-drinking related problems now have
a Web Site to help them. The Center for Science in the Public Interest
(CSPI), in collaboration with Cornell University and the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), has launched a Web Site,
http://www.HadEnough.org  (External Site) designed to assist student efforts to
reduce the effects of destructive drinking in campus
communities. The interactive Web Site provides information and advocacy
tips that encourage student involvement to improve the quality of life on
campus and challenge long held perceptions of heavy alcohol use as a normal
"rite of passage."
 

If you are concerned about your own drinking or a friend's,
 or a free confidential screening go to:

        http://www.alcoholscreening.org  (External site)    

    A good resource for answering all types of
                      questions is:
 
                                  Factsontap.org (External Site)

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