Penn State bust put focus on cocaine but on most campuses the big risk is alcohol

A drug bust involving an alleged cocaine ring at Penn State has drawn attention to drug use on college campuses, but research shows the big risk to students is alcohol.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5503x3674+0+0/resize/5503x3674!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd1%2F55%2F558e63144444b9c89a18f93c81f2%2Fdrinking-cups-getty-pic.jpg' alt='undefined'/><p>A drug bust involving an alleged cocaine ring at Penn State has drawn attention to drug use on college campuses, but research shows the big risk to students is alcohol.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5942987' />