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Anecdotally, Jennifer Bauerle, director of the National Social Norms Institute at the University of Virginia, said she was in a meeting last week, when the butt-chugging news broke, with directors of student health, including three physicians, and no one in that meeting had heard of alcohol enemas before. Similarly, Ken Schneck, dean of students at Marlboro College and co-chair of the Alcohol and Other Drug community of NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, said he asked students on his campus about butt-chugging, and most of them scoffed and rolled their eyes. They said, You have to be an idiot to even contemplate that, Schneck said. Aaron White, program director for College and Underage Drinking Prevention Research at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism said its hard to know exactly how common or uncommon this practice is because its rarely tracked. If a young person ended up at the hospital for an alcohol overdose, its unlikely theyre going to be asked, How did you get the alcohol into your body? he said. We fell pretty certain these are isolated incidents, but we dont have a way to be sure. One way or another, experts agree that the Tennessee incident raises concerns about binge drinking generally and creates an opportunity for education. Part of that education could be social norming, said David Arnold, director of Alcohol Abuse and Impaired Driving Prevention Initiatives for the BACCHUS Network, in which students are given real statistics on drinking in their community to demonstrate that most of their peers dont engage in risky drinking behavior. Bauerle oversees the social norming program at the University of Virginia, and said the university has seen positive results. What might be going on at the University of Tennessee right now is this idea that, Wow, all fraternity students are doing this, and really thats just not true, Arnold said. Education on the dangers of extreme drinking practices could help, too. Arnold said when the Jackass movie came out, sparking initial interest in alcohol enemas, he was working at a university, and received a number of questions about butt-chugging, though no reports of the behavior actually occurring. I could see this being something students are curious about and looking for more information on, he said. Colleges and universities need to be prepared to answer questions. That said, most experts do not think alcohol enemas warrant a specific educational initiative. Instead, they suggest a broad evaluation of alcohol education programs. Im very fearful for some of my colleagues thinking, Weve got to put together the alcohol enema workshop, Schneck said. We are not going to be able to stop students from trying new things that are amazingly dangerous so, what is it we can do to empower them to intervene when the next thing comes up?
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