Drinking and Drugs

*Double Trouble

*What disease is it?

*Results in…*Irreversible damage to liver*Permanent brain damage*Four times higher risk of heart attack*Increased risk of lung infection and

constricted airways*Hallucinations and states of delusion*Impairment of immune system*Impaired memory

* Did You Know?College Students & Drinking

*63.3% American full-time students drank alcohol in past month (2010 federally funded study)*½ of all full-time college students binge drink (3.8 million) (CASA, 2007)*¼ nation’s college students (1.8 million) engage in substance abuse/dependence

*Muslim College Students

How many Muslim college students in the US do you think have tried alcohol?

* So What? From an Islamic Standpoint

*Allah testifies: There may be good in it, but there is more harm in it

“O you who believe! Intoxicants, gambling, idolatry, and diving arrows are an abomination of Satan’s handiwork. So avoid that so that you may be successful” (Quran 5:90)

* “Alcohol is the gathering of sin” (hadith)- When you drink, stuff happens…

*Why Do They Do It?

*Relieve stress*Relax*Have fun*Forget about their problems*Fit in*Peer pressure

(CASA, 2007)

*What the Research Says

*Information–based programs don’t necessarily help prevent substance abuse

*Socialization models suggest:*People drink because their peers value it*One things/acts like one’s peers*Peers set standards of acceptable & valuable

behavior

* What helped WSU Muslims Resist?

*Positive Peer Groups*There was a strong relationship between

use/non-use of alcohol and their friends/acquaintances.

*Family Influence & Example:*Students who drank more likely to report

that their parents also drank

*Halal Alternatives*Make friends that see drinking/drugs as

bad/undesirable: *MSAs*Alif Laam Meem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyBIhlSwoeo&feature=youtu.be*Muslim friends who remind you of

Allah*Taste the spiritual high:*Do obligatory prayers & fasts*Increase closeness to Allah by adding

voluntary acts to daily routine

* Other potential “substances”

*Hookah*Adderall *Glue*Nyquil – has alcohol content