Crime Prevention Alcohol Awareness Of the current student body in America, between two and three percent will eventually die from alcohol related causes, about the same number as will get advanced degrees, master's and doctorate degrees combined. For the over 12 million college students in the United States, the annual consumption of alcoholic beverages totals well over 430 million gallons. That is the same amount it would take to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool on every college and university campus in America. Impairment begins at .05 grams percent for adolescents and adult females and at .08 grams percent for adult males. Impairment may cause accidents, drinking and driving crashes, legal problems, decrease in job performance, fights, property destruction resulting from poor judgement, etc.
Impairment occurs much sooner than a person feels or looks drunk.
There are individual factors that can speed up the effects of alcohol. Stomach Content Drinking on an empty stomach significantly speeds up the effects of alcohol. Type of Drinking The higher the percentage of alcohol, the faster the impairment. If alcohol is mixed with water or carbonated beverages, it speeds up the impairment. The same is true for several illegal drugs.