When school-age youth are allowed to drink alcohol at home, they are not only more likely to use alcohol and other drugs outside the home, they are more likely to develop serious behavioral and health problems related to their use of alcohol and other drugs. One in three college students now drinks primarily to get drunk. The number of alcoholic drinks consumed per week among college students overall is 5.0 drinks according to a recent survey. Among those under 21, it is 5.5 drinks, and among those 21 and older, it is 4.2 drinks. White males drink far more than any other group, averaging more than 9 drinks per week.
Black females average only one drink per week.
Poor grades are correlated with increased use of alcohol. College students who reported D and F grade point averages consumed an average of 10 alcoholic drinks per week, while those who earned mostly A's consumed slightly more than three drinks per week. Sixty percent of college women diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease were drunk at the time of infection.