Alcohol, Drugs & Your Student
It is critical as parents of college students to have an understanding about alcohol and drugs, their effects and consequences, as well as student drinking/drug use behavior. Below is a list of various resources that provide extensive information on alcohol and drugs, as well as advice on how to talk to your son or daughter about their drinking/drug use choices and behavior.
Facts on Tap provides Making the Transition: Preparing your Teen for College's Alcohol and Other Drug Challenges, a parents guide with information and advice.
www.factsontap.org
The Higher Education Center For Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention offers tips on what questions to ask of your student and their college to gain information and understanding about college life and drinking.
www.edc.org/hec/pubs/parents.html
The Higher Education Center For Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention “Parents Connection” provides links to resources that address student drinking.
www.edc.org/hec/parents
www.edc.org/hec/parents/8points
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is a division of the National Institutes of Health. The NIAAA website provides extensive information on alcohol abuse and alcoholism, as well as related research and prevention efforts.
www.niaaa.nih.gov
The NIAAA Task Force on College Drinking provides facts on college drinking and advice for parents.
www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/CollegeParents
Community of Concern provides A Parent's Guide for the Prevention of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use, a resource for parents about alcohol and other drugs. www.thecommunityofconcern.org
College Parents of America website provides Eight Points for Parents, a guide to help parents talk with their son or daughter about drinking. www.collegeparents.org/eighttalkingpoints
The Anti Drug website provides information on alcohol and various other drugs. www.theantidrug.com
Partnership for a Drug-Free America provides various informational resources. www.drugfree.org/Parent
U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides a Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator that lists treatment programs in every state.
www.findtreatment.samhsa.gov
ARTICLES ON DRINKING
Attitudes about alcohol begin at home
www.coloradoan.com/news/Culture_of_Alcohol/020705_attitude.html
College binge drinking tops parents' fears
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/2001/fyi/teachers.ednews/08/29/binge.drinking.ap/