Communities Talk What’s New articles share information to help event organizers plan, host, and evaluate events aimed at mobilizing a community around evidence-based prevention of underage drinking.
03/07/2024
An article on the DEA’s Campus Drug Prevention website discusses successful prevention efforts at HBCUs, both in Louisiana and nationally. Dr. Allison M. Smith, Assistant Commissioner for Student Health and Wellness for the Louisiana Board of Regents, discusses statewide data, national research, and anecdotal stories supporting the trend of Black students at HBCUs tending to use substances, including alcohol, less than their white collegiate counterparts. In particular, Smith looks at the effects of fictive kinship, religiosity, and culturally competent strategies on this trend.