Colgate University
- Drug Safety

Not Extremely Popular

In general the majority of students stick to drinking and marijuana. Only a small percentage do more harsh drugs.

It's There, So What. Most People Drink

Almost everybody drinks (if you don't when you get there, chances are you will have at least given it a shot while you were there). It's upstate New York, what else are you going to do on a Saturday night in the middle of February? People smoke, you'll see/hear about the stereotypical "rick kid drugs" around campus. I had friends who would go for a "walk in the woods." I never did anything more than drink and never felt pressured to do anything else, but I didn't care if people smoked around me. The best way I can sum up the school's attitude toward drinking is with a story from my freshman year though. A few of us were sitting in my dorm room with the door open before Halloween weekend started and a campus safety officer was checking the dorms. The officer asked us if we were going out, we said no, and the officer responded "We know you are, just be smart, be safe and have a good time." They know what happens. Granted, Chopp was still the president back then and she was part of the group of college presidents pushing to get the drinking age lowered to 18 again.

Drinking and Weed, for the Most Part

Colgate, at least for a large majority of the students, is a very large drinking school. Anyone involved in greek life will tell you that it is very easy to go out 4 nights a week, maybe 5. This being so, mainly alcohol is used by students. Weed is very prevelant as well, but there aren't as many kids who do it every day as much as kids who use it every once in a while, or after they're already out. Cocaine and molly make their appearances, but mainly for certain parties or in certain groups of people. if you don't want to touch drugs, there definitely is not a pressure to do so.