Reuters (10/25, Banerjee) reports, “Amnesty policies may encourage college students to call for help with alcohol-related issues before they or their intoxicated peers become seriously ill,” researchers concluded after reviewing records of Georgetown University’s emergency medical services (EMS) “agency for three years before and three years after” an “amnesty policy went into effect in August 2014.” The study revealed that while “the average daily number of alcohol-related calls to the school’s” EMS “agency went up…calls requiring advanced life support services fell by nearly 60 percent.” The findings were published online Oct. 4 in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
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— “Amnesty Policies May Encourage College Students To Call For Help Before Serious Alcohol-Related Emergencies Ensue, Researchers Say, “Ankur Banerjee, Reuters, October 25, 2018.