Alcohol Awareness at PSU Alcohol Awareness Happy is he who dares courageously to defend what he loves. The average annual beer consumption of American college students is just short of 4 billion cans. The typical student will probably spend more money for alcoholic beverages than for textbooks. Nearly half of all college students are binge drinkers.
Studies show that fraternity members drink more often and more heavily than other college students.
BAC is measured in milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood, or milligrams percent. If you want to find out more about BAC, contact the Office of Health Promotion and Education and ask to see Alcohol 101 - an interactive CD that examines alcohol issues facing college students. The amount of alcohol in the blood depends on how much you've recently eaten, body size, body composition, your gender and how much you drink in a given period of time. How quickly alcohol gets into the blood depends on the contents of the stomach. If the stomach is full of food, alcohol is mixed with it and goes into the blood slowly.