Campus-community interventions successful in reducing college drinking

ScienceDaily (2010-11-12) -- Heavy drinking among college students results in over 1800 deaths each year, as well as 590,000 unintentional injuries, almost 700,000 assaults and more than 97,000 victims of sexual assaults. In a new study, researchers report on the results of the Safer California Universities study, a successful community-wide prevention strategy targeted at off-campus settings.