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
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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 cant 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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Kurska
(5,739 posts)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.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)csziggy
(34,120 posts)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 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.
father founding
(619 posts)This is what the elites do with our money.
potone
(1,701 posts)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.
Kurska
(5,739 posts)And the dangerous black market that results from it.