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...report also created the Office of Alcohol & Other Drug Services (AODS), which would operate under “a harm- reduction approach,” according to Travia. While the University still pledged to curb illegal alcohol use, it’s statement prioritized student safety...
...found that although binge drinking at Harvard is less than it is at some other schools, it’s still rather significant,” says Rosenthal. “We’ve all been focused on cases that get into the news...like an alcohol-related death at another school in the area...
...response to increased alcohol abuse seen in UHS statistics and the media, the College began experimenting with an amnesty policy during the 2002-2003 school year. Prior to that year, admissions to UHS for alcohol-related issues had never risen above 60 cases a year, according to Director of Alcohol and Other Drug Services Ryan M. Travia. A year later, total cases had risen to 123. The year following, they rose again...
...October and November of 2003, the total number of students treated for alcohol poisoning had nearly doubled in comparison to the same period in 2002. While Rosenthal stressed that the sharp increase might indicate a greater willingness on the part of students to seek professional treatment for alcohol-related concerns, they nonetheless prompted then-Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 to form the student-faculty Committee to Address Alcohol and Health at Harvard. Chaired by Harvard Business School professor Joseph L. Badaracco, the former master of Currier House, the committee delivered its recommendations to Gross...
...turn away from a strict alcohol policy coincided auspiciously with another campus project: resurrecting fun at Harvard. As the committee pounded out its new policies, the Undergraduate Council was instituting a fledgling program that would subsidize private parties in Harvard’s dorms...