Students' attitudes, perceptions & opinions

WestConn's Second Annual Core Drug & Alcohol Survey

Students' Concerns

• Students are concerned about their friends who drive drunk, "even though we know it's dangerous, too many people still do it."
  
  
• 69% of students directly named "date rape" and violence in relationships as concerns. Both male and female students want to see these issues brought to the forefront.
  
  
• Students felt strongly that the "non-drinking" social events on Thursday nights were too few and that campus facilities such as the gym or cafe should stay open later.
  
  
• Students care about other students' health, emotional well-being and safety, and want to affect change.
  

On Campus Drug & Alcohol Use May Affect Men & Women Differently.

• Women are significantly less likely to want alcohol and drugs available at parties.
  
  
• Women are significantly more likely to have abstained from alcohol use in the past 30 days.
  
  
• 81% of those who had "experienced unwanted intercourse" in the past year had recently consumed alcohol or drugs.
  
  
• Women are significantly less likely to have participated in binge drinking within the previous 2 weeks.