<p>I was just wondering how prevalent is the use of drugs on campus? I keep hearing that it is low, but can I get an example? I went to a university in my homestate to visit, and I absolutely hated how blatant the use of drugs was. I would just like to get an idea of what to expect. In addition how stringent are the rules?
Thanks</p>
<p>In my experience it is very low. Yes, I heard of some instances of it, but those were very few and far between, much lower than what I experienced at Creighton believe it or not. As for how strict they are, I would imagine quite strict, but I don't know anyone off-hand who went to reslife for that.</p>
<p>Thanks Irish for the input,
I just have one question, what is "reslife"?
(sorry in advance if this is something I should already know)</p>
<p>drug use is not prevalent at notre dame. pot is available if you want it. you should be smart if you make the decision to smoke though. you will get reslifed(meet with residence life and housing) and be suspended for a whole semester(in some cases a whole year) if you are caught with marijuana. so, weed is definitely available, but you should go off campus if you choose to smoke. that won't be hard, as most people who do regularly smoke live off campus anyways.</p>
<p>Notre Dame is a refuge for people who recognize the stupidity of drug use. The same cannot be said for alcoholism, however, which, unfortunately, is encouraged.</p>
<p>unfortunately?</p>
<p>haha jkkkkkkkkkkk..... :p</p>
<p>Drug use is very very rare on campus. Every now and then you'll hear about marijuana, but I don't think I actually know anyone who admits to smoking pot. Alcohol is plentiful, and I assume marijuana is available if you look for it, but I think it'd be pretty rare to come across anything harder. I think they'd be pretty strict if you got caught. You would definitely have to go off campus or out by the lakes or something if you were gonna smoke. You couldn't get away with it in the dorms, like you can on some campuses.</p>
<p>It is interesting that this topic has come up--since son has been home and caught up with other friends from HS that just finished freshman year. He said that they just had a discussion about this given where all of his friends are in school. (Friends are in a wide variety of schools!) He said that friends just could not believe that there was not prevalence of drugs on campus. Son said he told them, alcohol yes, drugs no!</p>
<p>I would just like to understand why students are so anti-marijuana at ND (besides the fact that it is illegal.) And yet have no problem with alcohol. Would someone care to explain their opinion on why marijuana is bad vs alcohol? Isn't alcohol just as bad if not worse?</p>
<p>well it's illegal for everyone... many parents would be ok with their kids drinking at a family party or whatever, so this makes it okay in the eyes of students... no parents will smoke weed with their kids (i actually know a couple lol)... marijuana is an illegal drug regardless of age--i'm sure consequences are greater for marijuana, whereas alcohol and college, culturally, go hand in hand (at least according to movies/media lol)</p>
<p>You are right about the culture of alcohol and college, but why should marijuana be illegal? I would argue that alcohol is just as dangerous as marijuana. What is the position of ND students on marijuana use vs alcohol use
Thanks</p>
<p>My (admittedly oversimplified) idea as to why marijuana is illegal is that the government would be hard pressed to tax it's import/export/general sale - the illegal production and smuggling of marijuana is so entrenched in the drug culture that even if marijuana would become illegal, it would most likely remain underground. </p>
<p>Benefits of legalizing marijuana? Taxation, quality control, and less otherwise avoidable arrests and prosecutions.</p>
<p>But that's just me. Other people have different opinions.</p>
<p>Personally, I could care less whether or not marijuana is legalized. I don't necessarily think it is worse than alcohol, but I've never had any desire to try it. I think what it comes down to is that alcohol is more socially accepted- as jvon mentioned, it is something people do with their families as well as their friends. Also, you can drink socially without the intenion of getting drunk (although this is admittedly not what most college students do) whereas there really isn't a reason to smoke pot except to get high. Most ND students I've discussed it with aren't anti-pot, it just doesn't quite mesh with the ND culture like alcohol seems to.</p>
<p>random question about marijuana... in countries where it is legal... do they have something to test drivers with? like BAC for alcohol?</p>
<p>you can't test if someone is stoned, to my knowledge. </p>
<p>Aurelius: there isn't really an anti-marijuana attitude here. you could hear a lot of students complaining about the harsh punishment Kyle McLarney received for posession when he was disciplined. trust me, you'd find a lot more kids smoking up if the administration wasn't so hardlined on its drug policy.</p>
<p>then that's a huge reason not to legazlie it in the U.S... if there is no way to test whether someone is under the influence and how much... people would be driving stoned legally pretty much...</p>