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...hope that the program will not only prevent depression, but also the impairments associated with it," says Garber. "We will be looking at alcohol and drug use, eating problems, anxiety and behavior problems and performance in school...
...Still, Western culture has increasingly grabbed a foothold in the nation. Though ads for alcohol are blacked out of imported magazines, an Arabic version of MTV, featuring shows like My Super Sweet Sixteen, is shown in hotel rooms and via satellite dishes that are readily available throughout the country (though not officially permitted). Mai Yamani, a Saudi scholar who is the daughter of former Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani, describes an ongoing political tension within the government between more secular reformists and traditionalists, for which there is no clear resolution. "Abdullah's strategy is one of political appeasement," Yamani wrote...
...there is no evidence that lowering the drinking age will result in healthier or safer drinking habits among young people, according to Harvard’s current Director of the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Services, Ryan Travia...
...Still, alumni did not remember any major fallout over the higher drinking age. Some alumni said that as far as they could recall, drugs were actually more prevalent on campus than alcohol in the early 1980s...
...seemed like at that time the people who were enforcing the rules cared more about alcohol than about drugs,” Henderson said...