<p>“However, if you look at the users and effects, weed is considerably milder than alcohol.”</p>
<p>There were 58,000 people murdered in Mexico for control of the routes to get weed to your kids. Nobody died getting beer to the U.S.A.</p>
<p>^^I prefer marijuana grown in the states- i don’t like fertilizer in my milk, why would I want it in my marijuana?</p>
<p>You’ve made a good argument for federal legalization, glido!
;)</p>
<p>I’ve recently noticed a number of threads started by students who want to avoid being around alcohol and drugs in college but who don’t want to go to the type of school (usually very conservative religious) that has harsh penalties for possession.</p>
<p>There must be a some demand out there for non-religiously affiliated colleges (or colleges with a more moderate religious affiliation) that are specifically for students who want to live healthy, substance-free lifestyles.</p>
<p>There must be a some demand out there for non-religiously affiliated colleges (or colleges with a more moderate religious affiliation) that are specifically for students who want to live healthy, substance-free lifestyles.</p>
<p>I think there are either schools that have punitive discipline to try and control substance use or there are schools where adult students are treated like * adults*. </p>
<p>How would a school that didn’t want to have strict penalties for alcohol/drug use control student behavior?</p>
<p>I go to a party school. I don’t do drugs and don’t get drunk, though I do drink occasionally. It’s really not hard to find friends or have a social life at party schools, even if you’re not a partier. </p>
<p>Everyone can live a healthy, substance free lifestyle wherever they go. It’s a choice you make, not the school.</p>
<p>emeraldkity4,</p>
<p>“How would a school that didn’t want to have strict penalties for alcohol/drug use control student behavior?”</p>
<p>Pretty simply. For this isolated event - there would be strict penalties. The athletes are dealing with minors, if they don’t sign an agreement stating that FOR THIS PARTICULAR WEEKEND they will not partake or offer, then they don’t participate. If they break the agreement, there would be punitive measures that they would understand in advance in the agreement that they signed.</p>
<p>That way, if they just couldn’t keep from toking for a WHOLE WEEKEND (gasp), they could just not participate in the overnight.</p>
<p>I would say NO. There might be pot on every campus, but it will be to a different degree and you usually have more option as to who to socialize with. If the team is doing it so openly and so much that they would do it with someone who is just visiting, then this will likely become a problem as your child tries to attend the school and be a part of that team. I would move on and look at different places.</p>
<p>I agree with the poster that said it’s actually the best thing that could have happened, though. At least now you know what you’re dealing with. ;)</p>
<p>IMKH - I suppose that is one approach. But then you read roman’s post #46, who appears to be a current college student, and you think that perhaps the school could work for the right athlete who is perfectly comfortable with just saying “no thanks”.</p>
<p>HarvestMoon1 - perhaps, but my own kids would have a problem being in a place where substance use was so big a part of the culture that it couldn’t be put down for one weekend while hosting high school students. Just not their scene.</p>
<p>And that’s fine, cro. My response was more to the insinuation that you can’t lead a healthy, substance free lifestyle at a party school :).</p>
<p>“And that’s fine, cro. My response was more to the insinuation that you can’t lead a healthy, substance free lifestyle at a party school .”</p>
<p>Agree with you there. D2 is at a school that is considered a “party school” (School sponsored overnights are usually pretty okay though) She does fine finding friends and activities that suit her.</p>
<p>“That way, if they just couldn’t keep from toking for a WHOLE WEEKEND (gasp), they could just not participate in the overnight.”</p>
<p>But what if partying is part of the recruiting strategy? (Because it has been shown to work?)</p>
<p>mini - if partying is part of the recruiting strategy, maybe it’s not the school for my kid.</p>
<p>Partying and virtual prostitution of female students has certainly been part of the recruiting scene for football, and probably basketball and hockey, from what one reads.</p>
<p>“mini - if partying is part of the recruiting strategy, maybe it’s not the school for my kid.”</p>
<p>That’s okay - there are many fish in the sea.</p>
<p>Cromette: You confuse me, I thought your D2 IS at a “party school”.</p>
<p>“Cromette: You confuse me, I thought your D2 IS at a “party school”.”</p>
<p>She IS at a school that is CONSIDERED a party school in our region. But she has been on overnights there, and has not witnessed anything rising CLOSE to this level. And if she had, she would not have selected this school. It would have been just too much.</p>
<p>romani – I certainly believe that you can lead a healthy, substance-free life in a college that is not strict on substance use. My spouse, our children and I all have. Large public universities, in particular, have so much diversity that it’s easy to find people who are like-minded about any topic or behavior.</p>
<p>emeraldkity4 – There are apparently a lot of students who would like a college that is strict on alcohol and drugs but that is not affiliated with a fundamentalist or conservative religious group – thus, not strict on other things (religious teachings, attire, dating, sexual orientation), as schools like Liberty and Bob Jones are. These students are fine with a diverse student body. They just don’t want to have to put up with obnoxious drunks and the mess that they leave behind. The reason I say this is that I keep reading threads by students who are looking for colleges with little or no partying but who don’t want to go to religiously-affiliated schools.</p>
<p>You mention treating students like adults. I agree. Treating them like adults includes requiring them to follow the law. It is illegal for adults younger than 21 to drink alcohol, and marijuana is illegal for all adults (except where states have made medical exceptions, which, by the way, I totally support). I personally don’t like some laws, but I follow them. If I think that they are unjust, I get involved in trying to change them.</p>
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<p>however if that school comes down hard on substance use,&/or other common young adult behaviors, i would still consider them “strict”, I don’t equate disciplinary style with religious preference.</p>
<p>My oldest attended a school that in some circles is known for drug use & I’m not talking marijuana. She was in a sub free dorm for three years- the first year because we hoped that it would be quieter than the quiet dorm, as they only had to be quiet after 10pm, & the years after that because that was where many of her friends were.</p>
<p>The campus police, have generally good relationships with the students & were frankly known for running interference with city police in the students favor. ( this was my impression ten years ago, I don’t believe it is necessarily the case today.)
Despite the reputation, I found it to be a fairly quiet campus and allowed her 11 yr old sister to visit quite often ( with a friend).</p>