Word: marijuana
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...Crimson reported that marijuana use at Harvard is “less likely to get [a student] in trouble than breaking a window...
Cosby, who had previously been arrested on drug charges, is believed to have been a supplier of marijuana on campus. One student last year said a man who called himself “Justin” sold marijuana to him and other Harvard students. Text messages this student received from Justin advertised Jack Herer and Kali Mist, two popular marijuana strains. Further investigation showed that the text messages were sent from a phone tied to Cosby’s mother...
...third of graduating seniors reported using marijuana with some frequency. Hard drugs and study drugs are far less common, with well over 90 percent of seniors self-reporting as non-users...
...assume that students will choose to party with a type of drug and are indifferent to which one. Which one they choose is dependent on a variety of reasons, but certainly the penalties of consuming are one of them. Many more schools have stricter punishments for possessing marijuana, and thus students have this in mind when they gravitate toward the more available, and potentially more dangerous, alcohol. Although schools should certainly not encourage the consumption of drugs, they might consider recognizing that marijuana can be safer alternative to binge drinking and adjusting their penalties accordingly. At the very least, school...
...illegal. However, many students might cite this as a deterrent and still partake in the just-as-illegal act of underage drinking. Additionally, it is true that weed is not a perfect practical substitute for drinking, as drinking is a more “party friendly” than marijuana. Yet another factor might be that the purchase of marijuana could bring about negative externalities to a community, such as drug dealers, gangs, and violence...