Big Brother wants students to reveal their drinking/drug use habits.

"Whether they're seeking care for a nasty hangover or a twisted ankle, Cornell University students can expect health center doctors to ask about their drinking habits.

Deborah Lewis, Cornell’s alcohol projects coordinator, said it’s important to screen high-risk drinking among college students. If doctors identify dangerous habits, she said, they can intervene and point that student toward counseling or other resources. And that means asking the questions even if a student has symptoms -- say a runny nose -- that don't suggest a drinking problem.

Cornell’s effort is part of a national movement to more aggressively identify risky drinking in colleges and intervene with helpful programs, but not everyone is thrilled. Dan Kuhr, a Cornell junior studying in Switzerland this spring, finds the policy unnecessary and annoying. “I don't want to be screened for alcoholism when all I need is a simple antibiotic,” he wrote in an e-mail to Inside Higher Ed.

The World Health Organization and the U.S. government have long encouraged alcohol screening to be a routine part of a doctor’s visit, but Cornell and other colleges instituted policies last year as part of the Dartmouth Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking. The collaborative is a group of 32 institutions applying public health principles to college alcohol use."

If students’ survey answers reveal likely alcohol abuse, they may be referred to a health center counselor or an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. It's similar to a movement that Cornell has embraced that provides depression screening to students seeking out general medical care.

The debate isn’t whether colleges should help students address dangerous drinking habits – everyone agrees they should. But, at least at Cornell, opinions vary as to whether students should be asked to disclose last Friday’s Jager bombs when being treated for athlete’s foot.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/03/20/more-health-centers-screening-every-client-alcohol-abuse