Alcohol abuse is prevalent on college campuses across the U.S., and becomes a serious problem when students become dependent. UC Santa Cruz offers different programs on campus to support students dealing with alcoholism.

Question: As a college student, how do you define alcohol abuse? (from left to right) “Resorting to alcohol as a get away [from] something.” Angela Troung Second-year, College 9 Biology “Any disruption of higher priorities or passions… like family, school or work.” Jack Mazza First-year, Porter Environmental Studies “Drinking four or more times a week [...]

A brawl outside a Santa Cruz bar last week left four wounded and two arrested. The implications may go deeper to alcohol ordinances and out-of-city criminals.

Restaturants that turn into nightclubs could experience a fee increase on top of an 80 percent increase on alcohol fees earlier this year.

In 1984, the federal government established a national minimum legal drinking age of 21 years old. Today, despite legal prohibitions, more than half of 18- to 20-year-olds report that they drank alcohol in the last month, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.