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Almost 50% of students admit to drug abuse.(NEWSWATCH)

Women in Higher Education

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Almost half of full-time college students aged 18 to 22 either binge drink or abuse drugs, according to a recent study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University in New York.

About 3.8 million students consume five or more drinks at a time or abuse prescription or illegal drugs. "I think we have, by almost any standard, a serious health problem on the college campuses," said Joseph Califano, head of ...

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