Abstract
College student drinking continues to be a significant public health concern because they consume alcohol at rates higher than their same-age, noncollege, peers. In 2002, the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's Task Force on college campus drinking identified mechanisms to address this epidemic as the basis for prevention programs projected to reduce drinking. Subsequent policy implemented the program across US college campuses. However, recent analysis of these prevention programs has shown that researchers overestimated the magnitude of effect and longevity of these programs. The current chapter discusses some of the issues that have arisen due to nationwide policy adoption for these programs in the absence of large-scale evidence. We then provide a more nuanced approach to understanding and targeting college student drinking which addresses all three levels of analysis identified by the NIAAA Task Force. Finally, we provide a roadmap for future research aimed at reducing this significant problem.
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