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Agree that the issue of drug abuse in universities is widespread, and that Wes should not be, singularly, stigmatized for this having happened.

But things are way more dangerous now than they were in the 1970's - 1980's  (years which some of us parents still remember)

Hospital admissions and deaths from meth, amphetamine-like designer drugs, "bath salts", ketamine, and other potentially fatal hard drugs are soaring, and in some places overwhelm the hospitals' emergency room departments. That has the effect of draining resources that would have gone into treating patients for more typical emergency conditions.

In this particular instance it was not "Oh, some students bought some drugs, what else is new?" type of situation. 
This was a systematic activity, in which it was an "open secret" that group of students sold drugs out of their dorm rooms every evening from 5pm - 9pm.
With no intervention, despite students having previously been put in the hospital by overdoses from the same dealers last September.

All four of the dealers face multiple criminal charges, all of them have at least one felony on their court docket. And we expect the State to bring additional charges as the investigation develops. If the one student who is still in a coma in Hartford Hospital had died, then they would be looking at something like involuntary manslaughter or reckless homicide.

Well, I think it's safe to say that none of these sociopathic dealer students ought to get into medical school. If they get expelled then the public will be protected from them in the future. Or if they are convicted on any of the felonies
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Way off base to call these students sociopaths. You don't seem to know what that word means. Not to mention they may not be guilty. There are a lot of rumors going around that the school was so quick to find someone accountable that they rounded up students who are not guilty. Lets see what happens. Clearly the school and authorities are taking this seriously, as they should, so we don't have to play judge and jury.

Plus if you are going to rant about hospitalization for drugs you can't ignore that there are far more hospitalizations and deaths associated with alcohol.[/quote]

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