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This Ohio State office empowers students to strive for balance and wellness, providing several services for students, including Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Services.
What is the Student Wellness Center?
True or False: A mixed drink at a bar often contains more than one “standard drink.”
What is True?
You’re feeling overwhelmed or upset at a party. This safer choice avoids risky substance use.
What is choosing not to drink (or taking a break)?
This medication can reverse opioid overdoses.
What is naloxone?
The legal drinking age in the United States.
What is 21 years old?
This event unites Ohio State students and families in celebration of our Buckeye game days. This event offers a festive and sober environment for anyone to participate in.
What is Scarlet and Gray Tailgates?
True or False: Cold showers or drinking coffee can sober someone up faster.
What is False? The body rids itself of alcohol on a fixed schedule. So, while a cold shower may make sobering up a cleaner experience, it has no effect on the rate of lowering the blood alcohol level.
This recommended pacing strategy suggests limiting yourself to one alcoholic drink during this amount of time.
What is one hour?
If someone shows signs of alcohol poisoning, this is your FIRST action.
What is call 911?
The organ primarily responsible for breaking alcohol in the body.
What is the liver?
This gives the university discretion to forgo formal conduct proceedings for students who request assistance for others in need and for the person receiving assistance.
What is Ohio State's Amnesty Policy?
True or False: Drinking water between alcoholic drinks can help reduce dehydration.
What is True?
True or False: You should avoid eating and drinking water while consuming alcoholic beverages.
What is False? Drink water and eat food before, during and after consuming alcoholic drinks. It can help to control your buzz and rehydrate your body while reducing the risk of a hangover.
Slow breathing, blue skin, and unconsciousness are signs of this.
What is alcohol poisoning or overdose?
This is one standard drink of regular beer at 5% alcohol by volume.
What is 12-ounces?
This proportion of Ohio State students choose not to binge drink (consume five or more drinks in a sitting).
What is 2/3 students?
True or False: Alcohol helps improve sleep quality.
What is False? Alcohol may make you feel sleepy initially, but it disrupts normal sleep patterns, leading to lighter, less restorative rest and more frequent awakenings.
This Ohio State program grants students discounted rides and is a great option for planning safe transportation.
What is Lyft Ride Smart?
This position helps prevent choking if someone is unconscious.
What is placing them on their side?
The BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration) in which it is illegal to drive in most U.S. states.
What is 0.08%?
This percentage of Ohio State students always use a designated driver or choose not to drive at all after consuming any amount of alcohol.
What is 87.8%?
True or False: Beer and wine are safer to drink than hard liquor.
What is False? Although beer and wine contain lower ABV than hard liquor, they are not inherently safer, since consuming larger amounts can result in similar levels of intoxication.
This strategy ensures your drink has not been tampered with.
What is always keeping your drink with you and only accepting drinks you’ve poured or bought?
True or False: You should give water or food to someone unconscious and vomitting.
What is False? Do not try to give your friend food or water. You may be trying to help, but if the person is unconscious or vomiting this could lead to a blocked airway.
This is one standard drink of liquor at 40% alcohol by volume.
What is 1.5 ounces?