Campus drug problem declining from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo.
Drugs are finding their way onto college campuses across the nation. Options of heroine or marijuana are popping up at schools all over the country. But does your campus have a drug problem? Sophomore Jesse Brown says he’s been made aware of drugs problems at other universities.
“I do feel that drugs are a problem, but at every campus drugs are a problem. I’ve heard horror stories from Texas Tech, UT, and UNT about cocaine and heroin, some of the worse drugs. And you don’t hear anything about that here at MSU. You mainly hear about weed and kind of the minor stuff which is good in the big picture,” Brown said.
Junior Monica Avila says when you come to college trying new things is not out of the ordinary.
“I know this sounds cliché but I think that’s where everyone experiences everything. So of course it’s going to be easier, there’s going to be people that are willing to try new things. So yeah I think it’s easier in college to access drugs,” Avila said.
According to campus police chief Dan Williams in past years drug related incidents were more prominent than alcohol. During the 2012-2013 academic year the campus police dealt with 65-66 drug related incidents, but this year they have only dealt with 8-10 so far.
“I don’t know if that means people aren’t using it, or they’re just realizing that the school is not going to tolerate it and doing it elsewhere,” Williams said.
“That does surprise me I don’t know if police are cracking down or if people are getting smarter about hiding it. But those numbers are pretty surprising. I wouldn’t have expected that,” Brown said.
Those students who are caught with drug paraphernalia, depending on their cooperation will most likely be dealt with through administration rather than putting something on their record according to Williams. Avila agrees with this form of punishment.
“I mean I know people and I know they’re not bad people so I wouldn’t want their future to be ruined because of something they wanted to try. I mean we all make mistakes,” Avila said.
