High Risk Drinking Contexts
A behavior well known among many college students that involves drinking before going out to an intended destination (e.g., bar, party, concert).
What is pregaming, prepartying, preloading, or prefunking?
The name of mind-altering ingredient in marijuana that produces the user’s “high.”
What is THC?
Drinking this beverage will help prevent dehydration when consuming alcohol.
What is water?
This substance is the addictive ingredient found in cigarettes and other tobacco products.
What is nicotine?
An event typically held in March or April of each year, and during this time of 7-10 days, college students frequent tropical destinations and experience a high risk for substance misuse.
What is spring break?
Digestible forms of marijuana, such as baked goods or teas.
What are edibles?
Doing this before and while drinking is a good way to slow the rate at which your body absorbs alcohol.
What is eating?
This "study drug" is most commonly used among young adults 18 to 25 years old who don't have a prescription or medical need.
What is Adderall?
This term is defined for women by consuming 4 or more drinks in a single sitting and defined for men by consuming 5 or more in a single sitting.
What is binge drinking or heavy episodic drinking?
To avoid inhaling smoke, some people use this device while using marijuana.
What is a vaporizer or vape or bong?
Having a bit of this in the morning may be part of your routine, but mixing it with alcohol may lead to you becoming more impaired than you realize.
What is caffeine?
The withdrawal or "come down" effects from this substance include fatigue, loss of appetite, depression and trouble concentrating.
What is MDMA (aka Ecstasy or Molly)?
Sometimes referred to by terms like “drug cocktail,” “snow-coning,” “getting crunk,” “pharming,” or “robo-fizzing,” this behavior is particularly dangerous and can lead to overdoses or other severe medical issues.
What is mixing alcohol with other drugs?
This practice of smoking THC-rich extracts from the marijuana plant is on the rise.
What is dabbing?
If you can, make sure any drug you use is not this, when it is contaminated with a small amount of a toxic or harmful substance.
What is laced?
This synthetic opioid (pain killer) is 50-100 times stronger than morphine and can be added into street pills.
What is Fentanyl?
A contest involving the consumption of alcoholic drinks, typically as a penalty or in response to a specified cue or prompt.
What is a drinking game?
Marijuana over-activates certain brain cell receptors, resulting in short-term effects such as this.
What is altered senses or changes in mood or impaired body movement or difficulty with thinking/problem solving or impaired memory/learning?
A 12 oz can of light beer is this, but a solo cup of rum punch is likely not.
What is a standard drink?
Between 1993 and 2005, the proportions of college students who abused tranquilizers (like Xanax and Valium) increased by this percent.
What is 450 percent?