According to NESARC,6 7.8% of Ameri

According to NESARC,6 7.8% of American college students
can be classified according to the DSM-IV criteria as alcohol
abusers, whereas 12.5% of thses students can be classified as
alcohol-dependent. According to the “Alcohol Use Disorders
Identification Test" (AUDIT) criteria, one out of three (33%)
college students who reported using alcohol in the previous
12 mouth fulfilled the criteria for hazardous use in Bolivia,