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mahatmakanejeeves

(56,897 posts)
Wed Feb 25, 2015, 11:37 AM Feb 2015

Four arrests after Molly overdoses at Wesleyan University — a school that’s no stranger to drugs

Source: Washington Post

Morning Mix
By Justin Moyer February 25 at 3:16 AM
@justinwmoyer

Four students have been arrested on drug charges and suspended after 10 students and two visitors who took MDMA, popularly known as “Molly,” were hospitalized at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. The charges all relate to possession and distribution of drugs.
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Elite New England liberal arts schools are no strangers to drug use and Wesleyan is no exception. On Niche, a Web site that says it provides “college reviews for students by students,” Wesleyan earned an “A+” overall grade — but a “D-” for drug safety.

“Wesleyan is, well, Wesleyan,” one commenter wrote in 2012. “Drugs are everywhere. I can’t step out of my dorm without smelling marijuana. On Saturday and Sunday morning, you can easily walk through campus and see red Solo cups and beer cans strewn about. In spite of this, Wesleyan does a relatively good job on drug safety with presentations…only your freshman year though.”

In 2010, the school banned “misuse and abuse” of prescription drugs such as Ritalin and Adderall not because they are dangerous, but because they are unfair.


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Four arrests after Molly overdoses at Wesleyan University — a school that’s no stranger to drugs (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2015 OP
The LD50 (Dose required to cause death in 50% of all cases) for Molly is insanely high Kurska Feb 2015 #1
^^^THIS^^^ Tom Ripley Feb 2015 #2
True - prohibition just allows more risks csziggy Feb 2015 #5
Another elite day care Sanctuary. father founding Feb 2015 #3
That is unfair to Wesleyan. potone Feb 2015 #4
The problem is drug prohibition Kurska Feb 2015 #6

Kurska

(5,739 posts)
1. The LD50 (Dose required to cause death in 50% of all cases) for Molly is insanely high
Wed Feb 25, 2015, 02:04 PM
Feb 2015

Last edited Wed Feb 25, 2015, 02:35 PM - Edit history (2)

MDMA when pure is actually one of the safer drugs you can take. It is when it is cut with crap from the black market that it becomes dangerous. Another symptom of our drug war, drugs that are safe become dangerous because the demand is only supplied by criminals who don't care. Remember how their used to be alcohol that would make you go blind during prohibition, because it was being made by criminals who did all kinds of shady junk to it?

We never learn.

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
5. True - prohibition just allows more risks
Wed Feb 25, 2015, 03:25 PM
Feb 2015

Even as late as the 1960s I can remember people going blind from drinking sterno in Polk County, Florida, which was dry, because they were not able to drive out of the county to get real alcohol.

Sterno is/was (not sure if still manufactured) "is a fuel made from denatured and jellied alcohol. It is designed to be burned directly from its can." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterno)

In an article for the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1961, Capt. James H. Shinaberger, MC writes about a study of three people who had suffered methanol poisoning as a result of drinking Sterno. One of the patients, "had been drinking Sterno for about a week and had been in the city prison for 48 hours when severe abdominal pain and vomiting occurred".[9]

In December 1963, a rash of 31 deaths in Philadelphia's homeless population were traced to a local store that knowingly sold Sterno to people for them to consume and get drunk. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterno#As_a_drink


On the other hand people like my parents could drive to Hillsborough County, which was not dry, and buy their booze. My parents would come home with a bottle of vermouth and a case of gin.

potone

(1,701 posts)
4. That is unfair to Wesleyan.
Wed Feb 25, 2015, 02:51 PM
Feb 2015

It is a very good university, but the administration needs to get a handle on this problem, which is prevalent on many college and university campuses. In their desire to protect their students from prosecution for illegal drugs, some institutions end up harming students by turning a blind eye to the problem.

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