New research from Texas A&M University School of Public Health suggests that college students who 'pregame,' or participate in tailgating and similar activities before athletic events, are also more likely to take part in unsafe alcohol and other substance use.
in addition to important demographic information such as gender, race and ethnicity, classification in school, and Greek organization affiliation.
Pregaming and heavy drinking can result in harmful physical, social and academic outcomes. Although universities have sought to reduce drinking among students for decades, the percentage of students who engage in high-risk drinking during a given month has remained unchanged at around 30 to 40%. Additionally, cannabis use among college students in the United States is at historic highs, and around 25% of students who consume alcohol report also using cannabis or other drugs while drinking.
Additionally, the survey captures a fairly short timeframe, so the researchers could not determine whether pregaming makes hazardous alcohol use more likely. Future work that examines subjects over a longer period would be beneficial. Future research into programs and policies limiting pregaming and reducing harms related to pregaming would therefore be crucial, the researchers say. They said such efforts could take the form of gameday text-message-based interventions and the implementation and consistent enforcement of policies to mitigate excessive alcohol use and associated harms.
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