WAVE Tools for Parents Alcohol and Sexual Assault Facts
Alcohol Facts
- Binge drinking (In one session, 4 or more drinks for a women, 5 or more for a man) is associated with lower grades.
- 159,000 first-year college students will drop out of school for alcohol or other drug related reasons.
- Alcohol is the #1 drug used to facilitate date rape.
- Alcohol is a factor in 40% of violent crimes.
Sexual Assault Facts
- 1 in 4 college women will be sexually assaulted before they graduate college.
- 50% are virgins when they are assaulted.
- Over 85% of sexual assaults involve alcohol.
- 9 out of 10 assaults are committed by someone the victim knows.
- 40% of victims will tell no one.

