Anonymous
Post 11/10/2025 16:04     Subject: Smoking Pot in College
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?


I wonder about that. My kids haven't said anything and their grades are still solid. It does seem like things have changed. When I was at GMU back in the late 80s/ early 90s I don't think I came across any drug users, I'm sure there were some there but I guess I assume they probably dropped out so they weren't around very long.
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2025 15:55     Subject: Re:Smoking Pot in College
My "regular" kid came home for Fall break and his clothes smelled like weed, so yes, we had a talk.

He didn't denied it and said everyone does it.... and said " I least I'm not smoking and popping pills like the " high stats kids".

He said Frat kids (on top frats) are heavy on alcohol, weed and snorting. Yikes!
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2025 13:26     Subject: Smoking Pot in College
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.


This isn’t Gen X smoking an occasional joint. As PP suggested some kids are smoking all day everyday to the point that dorms always smell like it. Would you be condoning drinking every day?


Parents too. Parents of toddlers and elementary kids come in reeking like never before. It all changed with covid and legalization. Kids cannot sit still, have been raised on screens while parents smoked, are ill prepared for school. It is a crisis just beginning to unfold, like the opiate crisis but this one affects kids the most
-public school nurse in PA



This is so sad and the parents should be arrested. They would certainly get social services and the police called if they drove their kids to school drunk.
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2025 13:16     Subject: Smoking Pot in College
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What about all the kids taking ZYN?


No one


I hate to break it to you but your kid is doing nicotine. Most guys zyn and most girls vape although some girls are switching to zyn now.

-67


No. Most don’t in our k-12 private and the top schools our kids attend.
Only certain areas and demographics use the stuff.


Oh sweetie, you have no idea.
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2025 13:15     Subject: Smoking Pot in College
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.


This isn’t Gen X smoking an occasional joint. As PP suggested some kids are smoking all day everyday to the point that dorms always smell like it. Would you be condoning drinking every day?


Parents too. Parents of toddlers and elementary kids come in reeking like never before. It all changed with covid and legalization. Kids cannot sit still, have been raised on screens while parents smoked, are ill prepared for school. It is a crisis just beginning to unfold, like the opiate crisis but this one affects kids the most
-public school nurse in PA

Anonymous
Post 11/10/2025 13:11     Subject: Smoking Pot in College
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What about all the kids taking ZYN?


No one


I hate to break it to you but your kid is doing nicotine. Most guys zyn and most girls vape although some girls are switching to zyn now.

-67


No. Most don’t in our k-12 private and the top schools our kids attend.
Only certain areas and demographics use the stuff.
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2025 13:09     Subject: Smoking Pot in College
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:All the "high stats" kids smoked pot in the 90s and I'm sure before and after.


Pot usage is up. The football coach at Boulder complained about the smell in the stadium. It’s no longer hidden, it’s something kids do daily and in the open.



Kids at Boulder have been smoking copious amounts of weed for decades,


Not publicly and you’re kidding yourself if you don’t realize that pot usage is up to dangerous levels.


+1000

The trend will turn around soon. It has long term negative effects on the brain, word just not out yet to the ones who can turn the tide
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2025 13:08     Subject: Smoking Pot in College
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What about all the kids taking ZYN?


No one


I hate to break it to you but your kid is doing nicotine. Most guys zyn and most girls vape although some girls are switching to zyn now.

-67
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2025 13:05     Subject: Smoking Pot in College
Anonymous wrote:
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 reason we discount all the “evidence” is that we were bombarded with all this propaganda in the 80s and 90s too, but we were intelligent enough to see through it and realize that pot could be fun with fewer side-effects for most people than booze. I don’t advocate smoking as much as I did in college, or taking it at all, but the fact is that many people- including most of my friends at a top 10 college- smoked pot frequently at college with no long-term damage. We are now very successful members of society.


I didnt. Spouse didnt. No one we knew well did. Also Top 10. Kids don’t either. Pot has a huge amount of long term issues, moreso now than back in the 80s.
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2025 13:02     Subject: Smoking Pot in College
Anonymous wrote:What about all the kids taking ZYN?


No one
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2025 13:01     Subject: Smoking Pot in College
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?


No. Nor are any of their close friends. Some kids do but it is not as common at their schools(two different ivies) as it is the friends at UNC, other state schools
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2025 12:59     Subject: Smoking Pot in College
Chill out Karen
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2025 12:57     Subject: Smoking Pot in College
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This thread must be triggering the junkies lol they are so defensive


Junkies?


Druggies
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2025 12:50     Subject: Smoking Pot in College
Anonymous wrote:This thread must be triggering the junkies lol they are so defensive


Junkies?
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2025 12:38     Subject: Smoking Pot in College
What about all the kids taking ZYN?