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Differences Across GPA in Alcohol and Drug Use Among
CU-Boulder Undergraduates Spring 1999

  A B C
Abstain 9% 7% 10%
Drank, but did not binge 31% 29% 21%
Binged 1-2 times in the past two weeks 31% 25% 33%
Binged 3 or more times in past two weeks 29% 39% 37%
Drank 10 or more times in past month 23% 32% 26%
Usually binge when drinking 33% 49% 64%
Drunk 3 or more times in the past month 33% 40% 37%
Drink to get drunk 60% 67% 68%
Consider themselves problem drinkers 0% 0% 2%
Ever thought they had a drinking problem 12% 18% 22%
Drove after drinking in the past month 34% 35% 29%
Drove after 5+ drinks in past month 6% 15% 10%
Rode with drunk/high driver past month 27% 28% 37%
Smoked cigarettes in past month 30% 35% 39%
Used marijuana in past month 27% 36% 40%
Used any drug past month (including MJ) 29% 37% 42%
No binge in HS or college (No Binge) 35% 27% 27%
Binge in college, not HS (Recent Uptake) 27% 27% 21%
Binged in HS, not college (Give up) 4% 9% 4%
Binged in HS and college (Continue bingeing) 31% 36% 48%
Have a hangover 69% 77% 74%
Miss a class 35% 47% 57%
Get behind in schoolwork 24% 36% 47%
Do something they regret 49% 46% 57%
Argue with friends 30% 29% 35%
Engage in unplanned sex 27% 31% 33%
Engage in unprotected sex 9% 14% 15%
Damage property 8% 16% 11%
Get into trouble with police 6% 11% 13%
Get hurt or injured 14% 18% 17%
Medical treatment for overdose 0% 1% 0%
Had 5 or more alcohol-related problems* 30% 31% 40%
Been insulted or humiliated 40% 37% 40%
Serious argument or quarrel 27% 33% 35%
Been pushed/hit/assaulted 15% 17% 15%
Had property damaged 24% 23% 25%
Had to babysit a drunk student 61% 57% 65%
Interrupted studying/sleep 72% 61% 58%
Victim of unwanted sexual advance 34% 31% 31%
Victim of sexual assault/date rape 3% 0% 0%

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