Determined application of major theoretical models in college-based alcohol and other drug prevention programs funded by U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (1987-90). Found that college-based prevention efforts appeared influenced by range of different theoretical models, developed largely from…

Describes an alcohol recovery program offered by White Bison, Inc. (Colorado Springs), that integrates the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous with traditional Native American ceremonies and medicine wheel teachings symbolizing the life cycle. (LP)

Assessed viewpoints of 63 university students, 58 law enforcement officers, 48 bartenders, 26 beer distributor employees, and 46 health educators regarding level of irresponsibility perceived to be associated with specific alcohol-related behaviors. Subjects agreed that drinking behavior resulting in physical injury, legal trouble, or failure to…

Surveyed Canadian university student leaders from 52 universities on the prevalence of 20 campus life issues. Of the 20 issues, student preoccupation with future career, student apathy, low interest in broad intellectual concerns, close-mindedness, and alcohol abuse were perceived to be most prevalent. (Author/NB)

Examination of the language use of drunken speakers in a bilingual Southern Peruvian Andes community found that drunken speakers were less constrained in their linguistic choices by individual linguistic competence and of differential status between speaker and addressee, and they exploited the ambiguities in implicit social meanings that normally…

Performed secondary analysis of data from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, involving 12,686 subjects, to examine patterns of alcohol and cocaine abuse. Found joint alcohol and cocaine abusers demonstrated highest levels of previous 30-day and lifetime drug use, high levels of delinquent activity, and highest rates of unemployment and marital…

Survey of 58 physicians revealed that they did not routinely ask their pregnant patients about alcohol consumption for several reasons: physician bias resulting from own abuse, lack of training, poor awareness of problem and effects, denial that Fetal Alcohol Syndrome occurs in private practice, time limitations, disinterest, fear of offending…

Investigated the degree to which current alcohol abuse and psychopathology in adult children of alcoholics (COAs) are associated with the COAs' reports of family disruption, family coping, and individual child coping when the child lived with the parent. Family disruption and coping strategies were found to influence the subsequent adult…

Examined alcohol use on one university campus. Questionnaire responses from 309 students revealed that 47% of respondents consumed alcohol on monthly basis, and 32% became intoxicated 1 to 3 times a month. Ten percent reported alcohol consumption on daily as well as weekly basis. Sixty-two percent reported being aware of university's Alcohol and…

Examined alcohol and drug taking behavior of approximately 1,000 students at public university in deep South. Contrary to popularized regional image of more conservative behavior toward drugs and alcohol, results indicated that sampled college students reflect substance use behaviors of students elsewhere in several respects. (Author/NB)

Describes Virginia Intervention Education Weekend (V.I.E.W.), project designed to implement peer-based alcohol and other drug prevention programs in institutions of higher education. Notes that 46% of 28 institutions had alcohol and other drug action plans in place at follow-up. Of others, 61% reported other positive outcomes as result of V.I.E.W.…

Examined alcohol and drug use of 440 college students. Ninety percent indicated that they currently used alcohol or had done so in past; 39% used alcohol at least weekly; and less than 1% reported daily use. Forty percent indicated previous or current marijuana use, 11% cocaine, and 11% "speed" or other stimulants. (Author/NB)

Examined inpatient medical records of 157 consecutive adolescent admissions to private psychiatric hospital. Ten patients with interest in witchcraft and Satanism had significantly more diagnoses of identity disorder, alcohol abuse, and hallucinogen abuse. One-half reported history of self-mutilation. Found no significant difference in criminal…

Native American who entered treatment for alcohol abuse and found that conventional cures did not address cultural clash of being Indian in Eurocentric society describes alcohol prevention and treatment program rooted in traditional Indian values and ceremonies. Describes "The Red Road," holistic approach which uses culture as therapy and…

Presents the results of a study that investigated the ways individuals expected drinking to affect their leisure experiences, and the relationship of those expectancies to alcohol consumption patterns. Data from a sample of 144 adults indicated they expected alcohol to positively affect their leisure experiences. (SM)