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Gose, Ben – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2000
Describes a program at Texas Tech University which offers scholarships to 36 recovering drug or alcohol addicts each semester as part of its Center for the Study of Addiction which trains addiction counselors. Notes the special admissions process for these students and their apparent success in the program. (DB)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction, High Risk Students, Higher Education
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Donovan, Bruce E. – Academe, 1990
The effects of problems with alcohol and other drugs are sometimes subtle, sometimes extravagant, and always debilitating. The tendency for individuals to deny their own problems makes the need for firm and compassionate colleagues more important. Intervention is a way of bringing sympathetic help to a colleague in distress. (MLW)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Civil Liberties, College Environment
Greene, Elizabeth – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1985
Cocaine, the highly addictive substance, is being used by alarming numbers of undergraduates, and many are selling it on their campuses to support their own habits. A questionnaire for students who might be in trouble with cocaine and don't know it is provided. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction
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Giannetti, Vincent J.; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1990
Duquesne University (Pennsylvania) has established a chemical dependency peer intervention program with a strong education and prevention focus which involves identifying, motivating, referring for treatment and aftercare monitoring of impaired pharmacy students. The program includes a required student seminar. Student response to the seminar and…
Descriptors: College Students, Degree Requirements, Drug Addiction, Drug Education
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Baldwin, Jeffrey N.; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1991
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy guidelines for required and elective instructional content concerning substance abuse for pharmacy students is presented. Recommended required content includes psychosocial aspects of drug use; pharmacology and toxicology; identification, intervention, and treatment of addiction; and legal issues.…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Drug Addiction
Siegal, Harvey A. – 1988
The Weekend Intervention Program (WIP) at the Wright State University School of Medicine is described in this report. Designed to address severe health and social problems while supporting the university's academic mission, the program began with the goal of addressing the health and social problems of alcohol abusers. WIP is a 72-hour intensive…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Counseling Services, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction
Wonacott, Michael E.; Krause, Scot – 1984
This module, one in a series of performance-based teacher education learning packages, focuses on a specific skill that vocational educators need to be successful in the area of instructional management. The purpose of the module is to prepare teachers to deal with students who are using chemicals--alcohol and other drugs--to an extent that their…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Case Studies, Check Lists, Classroom Techniques