Over the last eight years, FCD has worked with many different schools to create strategies for supporting non-use that change the focus from catching, busting, and worrying, to one of supporting, encouraging and reinforcing. The following ideas are offered in the spirit of creative development. I hope you find them helpful. The purpose of the meetings is not to talk about the students who drink, but to talk about why they don't use and what the faculty or parents can do to endorse and support their non-use. Schedule activities that encourage young people to have fun without chemicals.
Orientation often sets the pace for drinking.
Don't allow students to wear these either. Drink to black means to drink so much alcohol that you can't remember what you did the night before. When we allow students to get away with breaking the rules, we are endorsing alcohol use. Sometimes the school rules are the primary reason a student refrains from drinking. Don't have a sanctuary system on campus that doesn't include at least a phone call to the parents.