College students who drink the most are at highest risk of injury and should be a focus of campus-based prevention efforts, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The CanWest News Service reported May 26 that researcher Marlon P. Mundt and colleagues found that 30-40 percent of students classified as frequent and heavy drinkers suffer injuries, and that the injury rate among these students is five times higher than that of other college students. Mundt said that the findings suggst that broad-based prevention strategies aimed at cutting alcohol consumption - such as limiting drink specials at college-area bars- should be augmented by targeted interventions aimed at the most at-risk drinkers: those who report consuming eight or more drinks at a sitting. Source: Join Together newsletter May 29, 2009. www.jointogether.org/news/research

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