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Reducing The Risk

Reducing The Risk With Alcohol:

• Students can have a complete and enjoyable college experience without drinking.


• The guest and host share accountability for responsible drinking behavior - before, during, and after drinking.


• Underage drinking violates university policy and Washington State law.
• Alcohol consumption increases your risk for being a perpetrator or being a victim of sexual assault.


• Students can increase other students’ safety by calling 911 in an alcohol overdose situation.


• Drinking and driving puts the driver, passengers and others on the road at risk.


• Most college students overestimate the amount and frequency of alcohol use among their peers.


• Mixing alcohol and other drugs can have unexpected and dangerous outcomes.

Reducing The Risk With Drugs:

• Most college students overestimate the amount and frequency of drug use among their peers.


• Drug use can interfere with academic success.


• The majority of Western students are non-smokers.


• Most Western students do not use illegal drugs.


• Use of illegal drugs violates university policy and Washington State law.


• Most drugs are either physically or psychologically addictive. Western’s campus offers help to cut down or stop drug use.


• Mixing drugs can have dangerous and unanticipated outcomes.


• Be well informed. New information on drugs is coming from new research all of the time. What was thought to be true, even a few years ago, may no longer be accurate.


• Using drugs and driving puts the driver, passengers and others on the road at risk.