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Archive for November, 2009

On College Football Game Days, Efforts to Deter Binge Drinking

November 20th, 2009

CHECK BAC Program

By PAT BORZI
Published: November 18, 2009

MINNEAPOLIS — Shortly before the kickoff of the Minnesota-Illinois college football game at the new TCF Bank Stadium this month, two Minnesota students — one male, one female — slipped into an unmarked entrance about five minutes apart. They dressed appropriately for the unseasonably warm and sunny day, in short-sleeve maroon-and-gold Gophers attire. And they greeted Amy Barsness, a university official, like an old friend.

Then Barsness offered each of them something an old friend usually does not offer: a small, rectangular box with a straw. A Breathalyzer.

The students are among more than 50 in Minnesota’s Check BAC program, begun by the student affairs department this season to help deter binge drinking at football games. BAC stands for blood alcohol content.

Modeled after a program at the University of Wisconsin, Check BAC (pronounced check back) allows student season-ticket holders who are ejected from a game for intoxication offenses to attend future games by submitting to blood alcohol testing. Students under 21 must be alcohol-free; those 21 or older cannot exceed a BAC of 0.08. The two students at the Illinois game registered a 0.00 on the breath analyzer. (more…)

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Cincinnati QB could face jail in drinking case

November 20th, 2009
A judge has warned University of Cincinnati sophomore quarterback Zach Collaros (koh-LAHR’-us) that he could spend the bowl season in jail.

Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Bernie Bouchard (Boo-SHAHRD’) scolded Collaros for failing to begin a court-ordered program on underage drinking. Bouchard told Collaros he has until Dec. 7 to do so or face jail time.

Collaros’ attorney said Thursday he would begin the program right away after being distracted for a few weeks.

He started four games for the unbeaten, fifth-ranked Bearcats while senior Tony Pike recovered from an arm injury.

Collaros was 20 when cited for presenting a fake ID to get into a bar. Completing the diversionary program would allow him to have the case dismissed and record sealed.

Bouchard says Collaros, who’s now 21, needs to grow up.

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Underage drinking at Drake

November 20th, 2009

Area bar tied to rapes

By TOM ALEX and DANIEL P. FINNEY • talex@dmreg.com • November 18, 2009

Underage drinking at a Drake University-area bar has been linked to four rapes since July - including that of a woman who said she was raped inside a bar restroom, Des Moines police reports show.

In separate cases reported this weekend, two Drake female students, both under the legal drinking age of 21, said they drank at the Dublin, 2307 University Ave., before later being sexually assaulted at other locations. (more…)

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Social Host Law In Action

November 17th, 2009

Teen, Parents Busted for Underage Drinking Party

The host of an underage drinking party and his parents are facing charges after Vermont State Police say they busted the gathering last week.

Police responded to 32 Weatherbee Hill Rd., in Weathersfield, late Saturday night and found 16 kids under the age of 21 drinking in the basement. Nineteen-year-old Nicholas Leonardo, the alleged host of the party, was found to be drinking and was subsequently arrested for violating his conditions of release by the Windsor County District Court. He was also charged with possession of marijuana and cocaine, which police say they found during a warrant-ordered search.

Police say Leonardo’s parents, Frank and Michele, were home at the time. They’re now charged with enabling the consumption of alcohol by minors. Nicholas was jailed for lack of bail. All 16 people at the party were issued court diversion paperwork, civil violation tickets or court citations. Police say their BACs ranged from a high of .139 to a low of .013.

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Police: Hazing Incident Was Nearly Fatal

November 17th, 2009

Student Nearly Died In Hospital

POSTED: 7:34 am CST November 11, 2009
UPDATED: 9:45 am CST November 11, 2009

DES MOINES, Iowa — Two Drake University students face criminal hazing charges after police said they forced another student to drink so much his blood alcohol was 6 times the legal limit. 

Nate Erickson, 19, survived but had a blood alcohol level that was high enough to kill him. It takes so much alcohol to get to that level, it’s actually poisonous. 

David Kaptain has spent 20 years helping people with alcohol problems. He said college binge drinking is nothing new. Often students don’t understand the danger. 

“When somebody gets to a point-5, that means a lot of alcohol has been taken in a short time. The brain literally forgets to tell the person to breathe,” said Kaptain. 

Erickson was not breathing and nearly died in the hospital after an alleged hazing incident involving the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. (more…)

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Team Sports Participation Increases Binge Drinking in Male Teens

November 17th, 2009

CADCA Resarch Study

Nov 12, 2009

Contradicting what most parents might think, participation in team sports doesn’t necessarily encourage healthier behaviors in teenage boys. Instead, new research finds that it is actually associated with increased fighting and drinking.

The study, which was presented at the American Public Health Association’s 137th Annual Meeting & Exposition in Philadelphia, surveyed a nationally representative sample of more than 13,000 high school students across the United States to examine the association between sports team participation and risky behaviors.

Of the male respondents, 60.5 percent reported participation in team sports in the past year. For these young men, sports team participation was associated with increased levels of self-reported fighting (OR 1.3), drinking (OR 1.4) and binge drinking (OR 1.4). However, participation was also associated with decreased levels of depression (OR 0.7) and smoking (OR 0.8). (more…)

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Most Popular Day For Underage Drinking

November 17th, 2009

Parents, can you guess the day of the year that is most popular for teens to drink alcohol?

Spring Break? Homecoming? New Year’s Eve? Prom?

Try…the night before Thanksgiving. Here are the contributing factors:

Access: Older siblings and college age friends are all home for the holidays, they are often the ones who buy alcohol for teens.

Availability: Refrigerators are stocked and readied with alcohol for family parties.

Time: School is out and teens have plenty of down time to hangout and engage in risky behavior.  (more…)

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