Re: "Power Hour" programming efforts

Our state, North Dakota, passed legislation last year which limits when
a 21 one year old can legally enter a bar. They can no longer get in at
12am on their birthday. Students say the power hour will simply occur
the following day. However, I have not heard much talk about power hours
from students since the legislation went in effect, which was this past
fall.

Sue Thompson, MA
Outreach Coordinator
North Dakota Higher Ed
Consortium for Substance Abuse Prevention
Box 8260/314 Cambridge, Suite 201
Grand Forks, ND 582012-8260
Phone Number (701) 777-4905
fax (701) 777-0798

>>> chapman_at_LASALLE.EDU 3/31/2006 9:59:45 AM >>>
A colleague has contacted me asking what I know about efforts to
combat/address student involvement in "Power Hour" activities, i.e.,
attempting to drink a shot of beer a minute for an hour or roughly 7
beers
in an hour. Although not an unheard-of rate for college students, this
is
a drinking game that can have disastrous results for many if not most.

Here are a couple "online references" to this phenomenon, but I and my
colleague are interested in finding out if any schools are
specifically
targeting this drinking game with any educational or
prevention/intervention efforts...and how effective you believe they
have
been.

1. "Power Hours" web site typical of the many online drinking game web
sites: http://www.powerhourvx.com/
2. Minnesota's attempt to address "Power Hour" issue:
http://www.mnsu.edu/news/read.php?id=old-1112967646
3. The Wickipedia article on "Power Hour":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Hour

Interestingly, Google "power hour" and "drinking" and you get 126,000
hits, most of which relate to drinking games...It would seem that we
do
have some stiff competition for our low-risk messages!

Please feel free to contact me directly at chapman.phd_at_gmail.com as a
"reply" to this note will send mail to the entire list.

Best regards,

Robert
Robert J. Chapman, PhD

Coordinator, AOD Program
Associate Faculty, Clinical/Counseling Psychology
La Salle University
1900 W. Olney Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19141-1199
Phone: 215-951-1357 Fax: 215-951-1451

mailto:chapman_at_lasalle.edu
home page http://www.robertchapman.net

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Received on 03/31/06