The Office of Health Promotion offers education and outreach relating to alcohol and other drugs. For more information, reach out to our Associate Director, Cathy Dockum, LMHC at cdockum@siena.edu
Do you know the alcohol content of a glass of wine?
Have you been told that there are ways to sober up more quickly?
Do you know the signs of alcohol poisoning?
Did you know that smoking has been attributed to causing over five types of cancer?
Learn more about alcohol and drug use and effects.
Before you act, know the facts!
According to the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), of full-time college students ages 18 to 22, 49.0% drank alcohol and 28.9% engaged in binge drinking in the past month.1 For the purposes of this survey, binge drinking was defined as consuming five drinks or more on one occasion for males and four drinks or more for females. However, some college students drink at least twice that amount, a behavior that is often called high-intensity drinking.2
Marijuana is one of the most commonly used illegal substance in the US.
The evidence and the trends reflect that tobacco use, smoking and exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke are significant health hazards.
Prescription drug abuse is when someone takes a medication that was prescribed for someone else or takes their own prescription in a way not intended by a doctor or for a different reason—like to get high.