While alcohol and drugs can be found on nearly every college campus, Clery reports across eight different campuses show WVU surpasses them all in drug and alcohol-related violations in 2018.
When compared to other Big 12 schools, WVU’s Clery report shows the University had the most liquor law disciplinary referrals and arrests, as well as drug abuse referrals and arrests. Liquor law referrals versus arrests for Big 12 schools in 2018
Graphic by Avery Lyons
Weapon possession offenses remain relatively low across all eight campuses, with Texas Tech and Oklahoma State having the most arrests and University of Kansas having the most referrals.
While WVU’s on-campus crime rates appeared higher than other schools when it comes to drug and alcohol-related crimes, Chad Barker, WVU Police Department’s Clery coordinator, said statistics have been improving in regard to liquor violations.
“Due to numerous programs in the recent years our stats have been coming down,” Barker said.
Between 2016 and 2018, WVU saw a 51% decrease in liquor law arrests and a 21% decrease in liquor law referrals.
However, according to the WVU Clery report, there was a 3% increase in drug abuse campus arrests and a 159% increase in drug abuse referrals.
Weapon referrals and arrests have remained relatively the same since 2016.
Many of the programs Barker said are responsible for decreasing in these crimes on campus come from the efforts of WELLWVU, a program designed to promote education and safety among students.
“For the past eight years now, we have required all incoming freshman to do alcohol Edu,” said Wesley Thomas, Senior Health Educator with WELLWVU. “We just want some initial education on alcohol safety whether a student drinks or not. Requiring that is pretty big step that the university has taken to address the issue.”
Thomas said students who come to campus that are going through recovery are also provided resources through the Collegiate Recovery Center. Part of the center is Serenity Place, which provides students in recovery a safe place to relax, study, or enjoy activities such as meditation and cooking classes.
For students who choose to participate in nightlife, Thomas said there are many things students can do to stay safe.
“If you have a few drinks, the recommended pace is one per hour because that is how long approximately it takes for your body to process one drink,” he said. “Stay with a group of friends, keep track, set a limit, drink water, have a plan to get home safely, [and] avoid drinking games that promote excess. Beyond that, I would recommend that students don’t feel compelled to drink if that is not something that want to do.”
While WVU had the most alcohol violations, its enrollment for Fall 2018 was more than 20,000 people less than the University of Texas at Austin. WVU also had less enrollment than Iowa State, Kansas and Oklahoma.
Submitted October 13, 2019 at 10:54PM by MountainsMan55 https://ift.tt/2ILIGfk
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