Cannabis use on campus?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's legal now. What do you expect?

Not on campus

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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?

I was just about to ask that same question. Interested in this answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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?

I was just about to ask that same question. Interested in this answer.

This can vary widely by school: some substance-free dorms have a lot of kids who were put there as part of a rehab process and/or probation. Others it's mainly by choice. Others it's very mixed. The vibe--and compliance-- is going to be very different depending on the composition of the people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s definitely more prevalent now than in my day.

Antidotally recently read something on DCs university parents facebook page about someone’s child having a roommate who smoked weed. The parent was upset because her child’s clothes reeked of weed and the kid wasn’t able to maintain his internship because the clothes smelled so much. It’s a real problem much more so today than in my day

Anecdotally?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s definitely more prevalent now than in my day.

Antidotally recently read something on DCs university parents facebook page about someone’s child having a roommate who smoked weed. The parent was upset because her child’s clothes reeked of weed and the kid wasn’t able to maintain his internship because the clothes smelled so much. It’s a real problem much more so today than in my day

Anecdotally?

This sounds like the most ridiculous excuse ever that a kid gave for losing an internship. Parents will believe anything, I guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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?

I hope this catches on!

Weed has permeated our MCPS high school. It's everywhere, all the time. It would be nice to have the option for a weed-free dorm in college.

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Anonymous wrote:DC says everyone, literally everyone smokes weed now. And that’s the bare minimum that they will try/do. Your kid will too, you just won’t know.

Not all kids. Mine does not drink or smoke weed and he absolutely hates the culture. If he were religious he might have an easier time, but I can assure you there are some kids out there who do not get intoxicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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?

I was just about to ask that same question. Interested in this answer.

This can vary widely by school: some substance-free dorms have a lot of kids who were put there as part of a rehab process and/or probation. Others it's mainly by choice. Others it's very mixed. The vibe--and compliance-- is going to be very different depending on the composition of the people.

exactly have heard horror stories about some substance free floors that they are in fact the worst offenders because they are often kids who have a problem and are put there.

[Anonymous]

How are kids able to keep up their academics stoned/high, specially those doing it daily?

I know there is drinking but then you sober up and get ready for the next day. How do kids function in real life high?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How are kids able to keep up their academics stoned/high, specially those doing it daily?

I know there is drinking but then you sober up and get ready for the next day. How do kids function in real life high?

Most aren't doing it daily--or they time it after studying. Or for some kids with ADHD, they find a small amount of weed helps them focus. People who have a problem with it that interferes with academics don't last.

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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.

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.

In the afternoon I would.

Most public drinking is illegal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DC says everyone, literally everyone smokes weed now. And that’s the bare minimum that they will try/do. Your kid will too, you just won’t know.

Not all kids. Mine does not drink or smoke weed and he absolutely hates the culture. If he were religious he might have an easier time, but I can assure you there are some kids out there who do not get intoxicated.

My daughter was the same. Had her first drink at 21.

Now ever will tell me what a fool I am. But this is what she chose. (Her only complaint freshmen year was that it was hard to find other non-drinkers.)

[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.

I think privileged kids abuse drugs earlier and more widely.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC says everyone, literally everyone smokes weed now. And that’s the bare minimum that they will try/do. Your kid will too, you just won’t know.

Not all kids. Mine does not drink or smoke weed and he absolutely hates the culture. If he were religious he might have an easier time, but I can assure you there are some kids out there who do not get intoxicated.

DP: There are some kids who do not, but perhaps not as many as there are parents who think their kids do not. I think of my kid as a moderate partaker by what he tells us--and this seems okay and is supported by the fact that he's doing good in school, keeps a part-time job and other extracurriculars, and is up to go to the gym weekend mornings (he usually calls us on his walk home from the gym). But he has just let me know he has some concerns about the intake of another kid who is the child of friends of ours who are 100% convinced their kid would never do anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How are kids able to keep up their academics stoned/high, specially those doing it daily?

I know there is drinking but then you sober up and get ready for the next day. How do kids function in real life high?

No answer but I do wonder as well...