Cannabis use on campus?

[Anonymous]

OP here. No, we are not Amish. Just shocked at the widespread use of cannabis on college campuses. We walked the Yale campus and saw no fewer than one dozen incidents of cannabis use out in the open. Students were actually consuming cannabis gummy bears in a pizza parlor. It was like whole campus was stoned on a late Saturday afternoon. It was snowing too. If it’s happening at Yale like this, I can only imagine what it’s like at other schools. The sheer ubiquitousness of it is what stunned me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. No, we are not Amish. Just shocked at the widespread use of cannabis on college campuses. We walked the Yale campus and saw no fewer than one dozen incidents of cannabis use out in the open. Students were actually consuming cannabis gummy bears in a pizza parlor. It was like whole campus was stoned on a late Saturday afternoon. It was snowing too. If it’s happening at Yale like this, I can only imagine what it’s like at other schools. The sheer ubiquitousness of it is what stunned me.

Would you be shocked if you saw 12 instances of people drinking alcohol on a Saturday afternoon on a college campus? There's no difference now...weed/edibles/etc are legal.

[Anonymous]

They may be legal but it really made the campus feel like Woodstock with everybody sort of zoned out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Serious question: are you Amish? Have you been on a campus in the last 50 years?

Yes, I am Amish. Is that a problem for you?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. No, we are not Amish. Just shocked at the widespread use of cannabis on college campuses. We walked the Yale campus and saw no fewer than one dozen incidents of cannabis use out in the open. Students were actually consuming cannabis gummy bears in a pizza parlor. It was like whole campus was stoned on a late Saturday afternoon. It was snowing too. If it’s happening at Yale like this, I can only imagine what it’s like at other schools. The sheer ubiquitousness of it is what stunned me.

Yale? What? [clutches pearls]

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Anonymous wrote:OP -- where do you live that you aren't surrounded by weed? In the DC area, the smell of weed is everywhere--walking down the street, at the mall, in the grocery store, at the library, etc. Why would you expect any less on a college campus? I went to college before weed was legal and was surrounded by weed, so, yes, I think there's even easier access to weed in college now that it's legal/decriminalized in a majority of states.

Safer than drinking to excess.

No, it's not.

Please explain. Dying of alcohol poisoning exists. It's impossible to die from cannabis.

Not PP but actually you're wrong. There's strong evidence to suggest some cannabis use in young men 17yrs old+ leads to long term psychosis and can trigger schizophrenia. That's a death sentence if ever there was one.

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Anonymous wrote:OP -- where do you live that you aren't surrounded by weed? In the DC area, the smell of weed is everywhere--walking down the street, at the mall, in the grocery store, at the library, etc. Why would you expect any less on a college campus? I went to college before weed was legal and was surrounded by weed, so, yes, I think there's even easier access to weed in college now that it's legal/decriminalized in a majority of states.

Safer than drinking to excess.

No, it's not.

Please explain. Dying of alcohol poisoning exists. It's impossible to die from cannabis.

Not PP but actually you're wrong. There's strong evidence to suggest some cannabis use in young men 17yrs old+ leads to long term psychosis and can trigger schizophrenia. That's a death sentence if ever there was one.

So what you're saying is, as far as we know at present, there's no proven link. Kind of different than the 2200 alcohol poisoning deaths a year just in the US.

[Anonymous]

Many universities offer substance free dorm communities. My DD hates the smell of weed and is targeting schools that offer these safe spaces. Has anyone had a good experience in the substance free dorms?

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“Cannabis”!!! Love that you don’t call it weed, pot or even marijuana.

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Anonymous wrote:They may be legal but it really made the campus feel like Woodstock with everybody sort of zoned out.

Illegal on 99% of college campuses.

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Our daughter goes to UVM. I'm laughing.

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Anonymous wrote:They may be legal but it really made the campus feel like Woodstock with everybody sort of zoned out.

Illegal on 99% of college campuses.

So is underage drinking but…

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It's legal now. What do you expect?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. No, we are not Amish. Just shocked at the widespread use of cannabis on college campuses. We walked the Yale campus and saw no fewer than one dozen incidents of cannabis use out in the open. Students were actually consuming cannabis gummy bears in a pizza parlor. It was like whole campus was stoned on a late Saturday afternoon. It was snowing too. If it’s happening at Yale like this, I can only imagine what it’s like at other schools. The sheer ubiquitousness of it is what stunned me.

You really noticed them eating a gummy bear?

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Anonymous wrote:OP -- where do you live that you aren't surrounded by weed? In the DC area, the smell of weed is everywhere--walking down the street, at the mall, in the grocery store, at the library, etc. Why would you expect any less on a college campus? I went to college before weed was legal and was surrounded by weed, so, yes, I think there's even easier access to weed in college now that it's legal/decriminalized in a majority of states.

Safer than drinking to excess.

No, it's not.

Please explain. Dying of alcohol poisoning exists. It's impossible to die from cannabis.

Not PP but actually you're wrong. There's strong evidence to suggest some cannabis use in young men 17yrs old+ leads to long term psychosis and can trigger schizophrenia. That's a death sentence if ever there was one.

So what you're saying is, as far as we know at present, there's no proven link. Kind of different than the 2200 alcohol poisoning deaths a year just in the US.

There's not "strong evidence" -- meta-analyses suggest that there is an increased risk of association between heavy cannabis use and psychotic episodes --but given that the risk of psychotic episodes are relatively low the increased risk is less than a 1% likelihood (even though this might be a "two-fold" or even "four-fold" increase. Second, the connection with schizophrenia is even less well-established and even rarer. Third, all of the evidence are based on correlational models--not causal evidence. It is likely that at least some of the association is that people who are prone to mental illness may be drawn to drug usage as a form of self-medication, making the causal effects less.
Cannabis isn't harmless, but your statement seems fear-mongering.