Pomona College - Drug Scene

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Well, the fact is just about any drug one desires is available on campus, but they’re not a highly visible part of campus life. Tons of people drink, and many smoke pot, but there are also select pockets of the student body who use other drugs, as well. Ecstasy is big sometimes, as are ‘shrooms and acid. Cocaine is available, but only the richest use it with anything approaching regularity. Lots of students use pills as study aids, at least that’s what they claim the pills are for, but harder stuff like meth or heroin is almost non-existent on campus. The conventional wisdom is that if you want to find a drug or a group of people who use a certain drug, you’ll probably be successful, but if you don’t, except for beer (and sometimes pot), you really won’t have much experience with other drugs. Users tend to be somewhat responsible, and very circumspect, which is largely because the College is incredibly tolerant about pot and alcohol and hard on anything else.

Drugs aren’t a necessity for a social life at Pomona; as often as not, they’re an escape from a sometimes overwhelmingly-present social scene. Alcohol and pot are definitely mainstays of the social scene, but not the entire social scene. They can certainly be avoided if you want (especially if you live in substance-free hall), but other drug use is generally geared toward escapism. The very fact that some students can attend Pomona for four years and be active and social and still have no idea of the extent to which drug use pervades the campus is proof positive that it’s not generally that big of a deal. However, the grade would be higher save the prevalence of alcohol on campus.

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Students Speak Out

Anonymous says:

Oh, the drug scene is happening if... Oh, the drug scene is happening if you want it to be. 12345 Drug Scene Report

Anonymous says:

There’s lots of pot. Get some if... There’s lots of pot. Get some if you can. Pomona’s the perfect place to experiment. I only wish I had done more of it while I was there. 12345 Drug Scene Report

Anonymous says:

The drug use I have witnessed has... The drug use I have witnessed has been primarily limited to tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana. Some students also use mushrooms and acid, and I have heard about but never witnessed the use of cocaine. 12345 Drug Scene Report

Anonymous says:

If you want something, you can... If you want something, you can usually find it. 12345 Drug Scene Report

Anonymous says:

The drug scene was bigger in my... The drug scene was bigger in my high school; aside from pot, drugs are pretty hard to come by. 12345 Drug Scene Report

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