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Abstract: 

In 1993 and 1994, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University released its first reports on substance abuse at America’s colleges and universities. These reports drew attention to the widespread problems of student smoking and drinking, and highlighted the escalating problem of dangerous drinking among college women. More than a decade later, CASA’s exhaustive examination of the current situation reveals an intensified student culture of abuse of addictive substances in colleges and universities across America and a range of harmful academic, health, and social consequences that extend into the surrounding communities.

Keywords: The National Survey on Drug Use and Health [NSDUH]; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV);

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