Don’t get drunk: Advice college kids may not be getting from doctors

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, file photo, mixed drinks sit on a hotel bar in San Francisco. Government researchers say "deplorably" few college students are warned by doctors about dangers from alcohol and drugs or encouraged to cut down or abstain, according to a study published Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in JAMA Pediatrics. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, file photo, mixed drinks sit on a hotel bar in San Francisco. Government researchers say "deplorably" few college students are warned by doctors about dangers from alcohol and drugs or encouraged to cut down or abstain, according to a study published Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in JAMA Pediatrics. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

By Associated Press September 28, 2015 3 min read

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CHICAGO (AP) – Government researchers say “deplorably” few college students are warned by doctors about the danger from alcohol and drugs or encouraged to reduce drinking or substance use.

Their survey suggests that most doctors ask college students and other young adults about alcohol or drug use at regularly scheduled visits. But doctors don’t go much beyond that initial question less than half of the time.

The study by National Institutes of Health researchers was published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. Some highlights about the findings:

THE SURVEY