ALCOHOL

• One 12-ounce beer has as much alcohol as a shot of whiskey or a 5-ounce glass of wine
  
  
• Nearly two-thirds of the students in Illinois reported use of alcohol over their lifetime.
  
  
• Primary drug of choice for both whites and Hispanics in Illinois is alcohol. Whites accounted for 26,135 or 63% of alcohol admissions in Illinois treatment centers.
  
  
• Among senior high school in Illinois, the use of alcohol had declined substantially, more among rural students.
  
  
• Two out of three students cannot distinguish alcoholic beverages from non-alcoholic beverages.
  
  
• Junior and senior high school students drink 1.1 billion cans of beer each year.
  
  
• Seven million students are able to walk into stores and buy alcoholic beverages.
  
  
• More than three million students drink alone; more than four million drink when they are upset and nearly three million drink because they are bored.
  
  
• 66.6% of junior high students who drink alcohol carry a gun to school; 80.2% of high school students.
  
  
• 52% of junior high students who drink alcohol take part in gang activities; 77.2% of high school students.
  
  
• 51.6% of junior high students who drink alcohol think of suicide often, 73% of high school students.
  
  
• 40.5% of junior high students who drink alcohol threaten to harm others, 69.5% of high school students
  
  
• 47.2% of junior high students who drink alcohol get in trouble with the police, 75.3% of high school students.
  
  
• There are approximately 1,030,000 Illinois adults with alcohol or other drug problems, 65% are in the workplace (based on average Illinois labor participation rate).

There is a direct correlation between the use of alcohol and:

Campus Violence
Campus Crime
Physical Injury
Poor Performance on Tests and Projects
Missed Classes
Academic Underachievement