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Drugs don’t appear to be a major part of life at Stanford. The most popular substance that is used, and sometimes abused, is alcohol. The only drug that students mention with frequency is marijuana, which is probably more popular at Stanford than smoking cigarettes. Most Stanford students have never used or even witnessed others using anything harder than pot. Students are generally happy with the level of drug use (or, more appropriately, lack of drug use) on campus. Both the drinkers and pot smokers do their own thing and generally don’t cause problems for others. If you’re not into drugs, you won’t be subjected to any real social pressure to try them.

Most students at Stanford drink, and probably 20 to 25 percent of students smoke pot to some extent, ranging from isolated experimentation to near-daily usage. The use of harder drugs is very limited. That’s not to say that drugs are entirely absent from campus, but certainly they're nothing to be concerned with. At a school where academics outweigh nearly every other scene, you’re not likely to find many students willing to compromise their studies for a quick fix of any kind.

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sburlison08

Finance '12

4.2

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Very Safe

Students are too worried about getting good grades to get into hard drugs.

Mar 21, 2012

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san511

Language Studies and Linguistics '12

4.6

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Alcohol Is a Drug

The only heavily used drug on campus is alcohol. People party hard and the campus is great about providing safe transportation, etc. They treat us like adults and let us make our own decisions, so that if a problem related to alcohol arises, students feel comfortable bringing it up.

Mar 21, 2012

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Nevolition

Japanese Language and Literature '13

3.8

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Hard to Tell

I'm not in the scene and am mostly oblivious to it, but as far as I can tell if it's available, it's low-key. Alcohol is always popular, and the drinking scene is pretty big, but in my experience there's not much trouble with peer pressure and the RA's always have really good policies in place about drinking in-dorm (if you're going to drink, do it safely).

Mar 15, 2012

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Name the most popular drugs on campus.

How would you describe the drug scene on campus (not including alcohol)?

How would you describe the social drinking scene on campus?

How much access do underage students have to alcohol?

How does peer pressure affect students’ use of drugs and alcohol?

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