Smoking Pot in College

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, sorry kids. Those of you who think weed consumption today vastly outpaces prior generations just weren’t aware of what was going on when you were in college. Students may be less incentivized to hide it (anyone remember exhaling through the dryer sheet in the cardboard tube) given it’s been legalized/decriminalized in many jurisdictions, but it’s always been there. And it’s not a “party school” issue either. Hell, when I was in college in the early 90s, one of the craziest evenings I had in college involving weed was while visiting a buddy at Yale. Not condoning or making a value judgment, just saying it’s nothing new.

Wrong. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/marijuana-use-historic-high-among-college-aged-adults-2020

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All the "high stats" kids smoked pot in the 90s and I'm sure before and after.

+1 this thread describes my DH who smoked every day senior year and went on to get into a top law school and has a fabulous career. It’s not my bag but doing it doesn’t mean you’re an automatic loser.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, sorry kids. Those of you who think weed consumption today vastly outpaces prior generations just weren’t aware of what was going on when you were in college. Students may be less incentivized to hide it (anyone remember exhaling through the dryer sheet in the cardboard tube) given it’s been legalized/decriminalized in many jurisdictions, but it’s always been there. And it’s not a “party school” issue either. Hell, when I was in college in the early 90s, one of the craziest evenings I had in college involving weed was while visiting a buddy at Yale. Not condoning or making a value judgment, just saying it’s nothing new.

Anecdotes from stoners in the early 90s isn't exactly, you know, reliable data.

My own personal unreliable data - from my kids at very selective colleges - is that 18-22 year old do not, in general, get as messed up as their parents did at that point in life. But cannabis, whether gummies, the vape thing, or actual smoking, is much more prominent today compared to getting drunk on alcohol, which seems to be in steep decline with this generation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the "high stats" kids smoked pot in the 90s and I'm sure before and after.

+1 this thread describes my DH who smoked every day senior year and went on to get into a top law school and has a fabulous career. It’s not my bag but doing it doesn’t mean you’re an automatic loser.

And how did the kid(s)turn out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op- you are weird. What does your kid being “high stats” have to do with smoking pot?

Seriously!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are we really clutching pearls at the notion that weed is being smoked on college campuses in the year of our lord 2025? I’m lshocked that some of you Gen X parents live such sheltered lives.

Today’s weed is highly linked to schizophrenia when smoked a lot prior to early 20s. Read the copious number of scientific studies on this.

I was a partier in college. I do not want my kids getting into it like that.

+1

Why is everyone going off their own anecdotal experiences and relying "I turned out fine" instead of reading current scientific and peer-reviewed data on effects and impact on brain development of pot-smoking in teens/early 20's? Do you all dislike actual information?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are so many kids smoking pot in college these days? I’m worried about my high stats kid but apparently everyone smokes now, not just the losers. Apparently it’s more popular than drinking. Is your high stat kid smoking pot?

It's started for most kids in high school. My DS doesn't yet but he said his friends view it as similar to alcohol because it's legal at 21, they don't differentiate between the two drugs. Unfortunately, marijuana is much stronger than it was when we were growing up since it's easier to obtain from a licensed dispenser with a fake ID, and most kids use cartridges to inhale it which puts it into the bloodstream faster than eating it (in a brownie), same with smoking it. We've shared a lot of info and new research that shows marijuana has a much stronger and longer-lasting effect on developing brains (teens and under 25) that has more significant bad long-term impacts on IQ and focus. Our DS says he is turning down pot now in HS but I do worry about the constant pressure and normalization in college. Finally, our DS is very aware that marijuana can be laced with fetanyl if it's not purchased from a regulated dispensary but honestly the legit stuff also fries their young brains. It's best to just share the research with your kids about how it will cause a decline in IQ and focus if they use it long-term.

New marijuana is more potent now than from our days, especially through "carting" (similar delivery to e-cig or vaping). It's also more ubiquitous and easier to get with a fake ID as it's legal in many states. But it does have very long-lasting, strong impacts cognitively if used regularly before age of 25, while brain is still developing.

Be aware of this and have candid discussions. If they must try it, it's better to use an edible than carting or inhaling it. They should never use it if it doesn't come from a registered, legal dispensary because otherwise it will/could be laced with fentanyl. Even if it's procured from a legal supplier and is edible, not inhaled, studies show it has much more serious impacts that are not reversible to kids/adults' brains below 25 than alcohol.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are we really clutching pearls at the notion that weed is being smoked on college campuses in the year of our lord 2025? I’m lshocked that some of you Gen X parents live such sheltered lives.

Today’s weed is highly linked to schizophrenia when smoked a lot prior to early 20s. Read the copious number of scientific studies on this.

I was a partier in college. I do not want my kids getting into it like that.

+1

Why is everyone going off their own anecdotal experiences and relying "I turned out fine" instead of reading current scientific and peer-reviewed data on effects and impact on brain development of pot-smoking in teens/early 20's? Do you all dislike actual information?

They dislike information that reminds them that their kids are making bad decisions or they fried their brains with pot and now they can’t separate anecdotes from the research.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are we really clutching pearls at the notion that weed is being smoked on college campuses in the year of our lord 2025? I’m lshocked that some of you Gen X parents live such sheltered lives.

Today’s weed is highly linked to schizophrenia when smoked a lot prior to early 20s. Read the copious number of scientific studies on this.

I was a partier in college. I do not want my kids getting into it like that.

+1

Why is everyone going off their own anecdotal experiences and relying "I turned out fine" instead of reading current scientific and peer-reviewed data on effects and impact on brain development of pot-smoking in teens/early 20's? Do you all dislike actual information?

Well now you know why they dislike actual info. The stuff they smoked when in college got to them. They think they are "fine."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are we really clutching pearls at the notion that weed is being smoked on college campuses in the year of our lord 2025? I’m lshocked that some of you Gen X parents live such sheltered lives.

Today’s weed is highly linked to schizophrenia when smoked a lot prior to early 20s. Read the copious number of scientific studies on this.

I was a partier in college. I do not want my kids getting into it like that.

+1

Why is everyone going off their own anecdotal experiences and relying "I turned out fine" instead of reading current scientific and peer-reviewed data on effects and impact on brain development of pot-smoking in teens/early 20's? Do you all dislike actual information?

They dislike information that reminds them that their kids are making bad decisions or they fried their brains with pot and now they can’t separate anecdotes from the research.

This is probably the likely answer

[Anonymous]

The “it’s so much stronger now” pearl clutching argument is bullshit. That just means you need to smoke less to get high. Win win.

I smoke every day in college and graduated summa. I then smoked regularly in law school and was magna. Everybody I knew smoked a lot of weed. You all sound like your grandmothers. Lighten up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The “it’s so much stronger now” pearl clutching argument is bullshit. That just means you need to smoke less to get high. Win win.

I smoke every day in college and graduated summa. I then smoked regularly in law school and was magna. Everybody I knew smoked a lot of weed. You all sound like your grandmothers. Lighten up.

The research disagrees, pot head.

[Anonymous]

I was a high stats kid who smoked weed every day @ Pomona College in the 90s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are we really clutching pearls at the notion that weed is being smoked on college campuses in the year of our lord 2025? I’m lshocked that some of you Gen X parents live such sheltered lives.

Today’s weed is highly linked to schizophrenia when smoked a lot prior to early 20s. Read the copious number of scientific studies on this.

I was a partier in college. I do not want my kids getting into it like that.

+1

Why is everyone going off their own anecdotal experiences and relying "I turned out fine" instead of reading current scientific and peer-reviewed data on effects and impact on brain development of pot-smoking in teens/early 20's? Do you all dislike actual information?

Yes today's weed if smoked regularly while brain is still developing - so under 25 - is linked with loss of intelligence/memory/focus and increased risk of schizophrenia. I'm happy all the old potheads from the 90s on this thread are alright, but I've shared the new research with my DD and would rather not be complacent due to the anec-data of some potheads on an anonymous board. There's plenty of actual scientific research to peruse if you're skeptical.

Bottom line: Pot is terrible to use regularly while the brain is still growing (i.e., high school and college). Reduce to occasional use or no use if you don't want to risk that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All the "high stats" kids smoked pot in the 90s and I'm sure before and after.

Haha. So true. Our next door neighbors in NY in the late 90s were NYU med students and smoked ALOT. I’ve always wondered where they ended up. I would it have wanted them as my doctors for sure!