Resources for Colleges and Universities

The following resources are available on SBI and reducing unhealthy substance use with college-aged populations.

• Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention of College Students (BASICS)
  A Harm Reduction Approach, is a preventive intervention for college students 18 to 24 years old. It is aimed at students who drink alcohol heavily and have experienced or are at risk for alcohol-related problems such as poor class attendance, missed assignments, accidents, sexual assault, and violence. BASICS is conducted over the course of only two interviews, and these brief, limited interventions prompt students to change their drinking patterns.
• The College Alcohol Study, Harvard School of Public Health
  The Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study (CAS) is an ongoing survey of over 14,000 students at 120 four-year colleges in 40 states. Dr. Henry Wechsler, the Principal Investigator of the study, presented recent findings at the TCE-SBI Grantee Winter 2007 Meeting.
• College Drinking--Changing the Culture
  NIAAA's prevention Web site is a one-stop resource for comprehensive research-based information on issues related to alcohol abuse and binge drinking among college students.
• CDC Features: Health and Safety for College Students
  
• e-CHUG
  The e-CHUG is an evidence-based, on-line alcohol intervention and personalized feedback tool developed by counselors and psychologists at San Diego State University. Drawing on Motivational Interviewing and Social Norms feedback theories, the e-CHUG is designed to motivate individuals to reduce their consumption using personalized information about their own drinking and risk factors.
• e-TOKE
  The electronic THC Online Knowledge Experience (e-TOKE) is a marijuana-specific brief assessment and feedback tool designed to reduce marijuana use among college students. It was modeled after, and created by, the same team that designed the electronic Check-Up to Go. The e-TOKE is designed to motivate students to reduce their level of marijuana use using personalized information about their own behavior and risk factors.
• The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention
  Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the Center provides support to institutions of higher education in their efforts to address alcohol and other drug problems.
• Monitoring the Future Monographs: The Annual Volumes on Trends in Drug Use and Related Factors
  This is an ongoing survey of substance use and abuse among high school and college-aged populations. It includes the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) annual report on college students and adults ages 19-45.
• The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's (NIAAA) Initiative on Underage Drinking Web site.
  This page of the NIAAA Web site contains links to statistics and other resources.
• Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking
  In its first Call to Action against underage drinking, the U.S. Surgeon General's Office appeals to Americans to do more to stop the nation's 11 million current underage drinkers from using alcohol and to keep other young people from starting.
• Wasting the Best and the Brightest: Substance Abuse at America's Colleges and Universities
  This report is part of an on-going series of reports on substance abuse at U.S. colleges and universities. This series is published by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.