Ohio College Initiative to Reduce High Risk Drinking

Drug-Free Action Alliance brings together more than 40 colleges and universities to form campus and community coalitions to reduce the environmental influences that condone or promote high-risk drinking. Drug-Free Action Alliance helps the colleges and universities to focus on five strategies for reducing the environmental influences:

• Restrict marketing and promotion of alcohol
• Improve social, recreational, and academic options
• Limit alcohol availability
• Increase consistent enforcement of laws and policies
• Create a health-promoting environment (includes correcting perceptions of social norms)

From its beginning in 1996, the focus of the Ohio College Initiative has been on forming campus and community coalitions that work to change the alcohol-related culture surrounding college students. Drug-Free Action Alliance facilitiates this initiative by organizing meetings and trainings and providing technical assistance.

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