Alcohol and Other Drugs

MEN IN GENERAL

Far more males than females use, abuse, and are dependent upon substances.

Five times more males than females are heavy drinkers.

One-third of all males drink alcohol once a week or more.

Alcohol is involved in nearly one-half of all male accidents, homicides, and suicides.

Nine out of 10 drunk driving arrests are males.

Three and a half times more males than females die from “alcohol-induced causes”, which does not include accidents and homicides.

Nearly 3 times more males than females use marijuana once a week or more.

Twice as many males as females have used cocaine.

One out of every 4 males has used smokeless tobacco; times the number of females.

Nearly 1 million males have used steroids inappropriately for body building.

Men's greater use of alcohol and tobacco is the main cause of their higher rates of cancer and heart disease.

Smoking causes 90% of male lung cancer.

COLLEGE MEN

College-age males use much more alcohol and other drugs than females.

Twice as many college-age males as females drink alcohol once a week or more.

College males are 3 times more likely than college females to be heavy drinkers.

Nearly one-third of college males binge drink — consume 5 or more drinks in one sitting; or more times in a week (twice the number of college females).

Nearly one-half of all motor-vehicle deaths of college-age males are alcohol-related. Every day, as many as 12 college-age males die in alcohol-related motor-vehicle accidents 3 times the number of college-age females.

Over twice as many college-age males as females use marijuana once a week or more.

Nearly twice as many college-age males as females have used cocaine 12 times or more.

More than 1 out of 5 college males use smokeless tobacco (11 times the number of females).

Twice as many males as females have used cocaine.

One out of every 4 males has used smokeless tobacco; times the number of females.

One-half million young men inappropriately use anabolic steroids for body building, with the greatest use among those aged 18 to 25 years.

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