Alcohol & Other Drugs

College is a major life transition. Students may experience their first drink at college and may often increase drinking during this time. It’s no wonder that alcohol misuse is the number one health problem among college students. Learn more.

The Gordie Center offers a robust Alcohol Education Toolkit designed to encourage chapter conversations surrounding the role that alcohol can play both at social events and in one’s personal life. Available content includes videos and discussion guides on situational tolerance, safer drinking guidelines, the PUBS method, helping an intoxicated friend, and how to be an active bystander when you see substance misuse.

In the interest of the safety of our members and guests and acknowledging that the misuse of alcohol occurs on college campuses in general, the below steps are provided for reference and training. For information on the responsible use of alcohol, recognizing the signs of alcohol poisoning, and how to intervene when someone is in alcohol-induced distress, please visit The Gordie Center by the University of Virginia.

How to Host a Safer Event is a four-minute animated video created by the Gordie Center in partnership with the Fraternal Health & Safety Initiative. The video illustrates important guidelines for hosting a safe and fun event, identifies appropriate responses to unsafe situations, and provides tips for recognizing and responding to an alcohol emergency. Access additional resources on event management in myPIKE.

Alcohol presents risk and as such it is important that brothers are provided with resource and education that will lead to good & responsible choices should they choose to drink.

A Guide for Responsible Drinking, is a short video designed to initiate conversations among chapter members about responsible choices when it comes to drinking. Use this resource to talk about alcohol and safety with your brothers. Drinking alcohol is a decision that confronts all college students. It is important for our members to have the information needed to make safe, legal, and smart choices related to alcohol consumption.

Responsibility.org’s blood alcohol content (BAC) calculator, the Virtual Bar, is an easy-to-use app that helps those who choose to drink gain a better understanding of how different factors (including age, weight, and gender) affect their BAC. It also gives them a sense of how long it takes for their BAC to return to 0.00, and how they might feel at different BAC levels, helping them gain knowledge about how alcohol can affect their bodies.

Access the Virtual Bar online at Responsibility.org or download it free from the App Store and Google Play.

Use resources available from the DEA to have fact based conversations about drugs.

Pi Kappa Alpha has partnered with five inter/national organizations and Generation RX, a national drug misuse prevention program, to foster and enhance safe medication practices for our members. The module includes a video presentation, slide deck, and facilitator guide that outlines how to present materials as either a comprehensive workshop or as shorter, micro-learning opportunities across multiple chapter meetings.

Alcohol and other drugs have a significant presence on college campuses. In addition to the direct health consequences, safety risks for students exist as a result of drinking or drug use. Learn more about the dangers around other drugs on college campuses.