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Despite Berkeley’s well-known hippie-stoner reputation, the drug scene is not intrusive. If you want drugs, they’re easy to find, but if you aren’t interested, they’re easy to avoid. Still, people who are uncomfortable with drugs should realize that they will hear about them much more than at home. At parties, pot is treated kind of like cigarettes—you may see it, but nobody will force it on you, and it's easy to walk by. And it's easy to sit there and talk to the smokers without feeling pressured to try it yourself. Many students try smoking marijuana at least once or use it occasionally without making it an important part of their lifestyles.

Marijuana is by far the most pervasive drug on campus. 4/20 is a campus holiday of sorts, and many students are brave enough to smoke in public. It is not surprising to see someone on other drugs such as cocaine, psychedelics, or ecstasy, though these harder drugs are used much less openly. Many students have an “I’ll try anything once” philosophy but don’t continue to use them after the first time. Prescription drugs such as Adderall and Ritalin are popular, especially before big tests, among many students who don’t use other drugs. While there are occasional drug busts, users shouldn't worry much about getting caught—UCPD seems to focus more on frat parties and public drunkenness.

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Drug Safety at University of California - Berkeley

met2104

Legal Studies '15

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Weed Is Very Popular, Just Don't Smoke It in the Dorms!

Berkeley is a very liberal city and a lot of the students smoke weed. There are lots of smoke shops in the city and nobody will really tell anybody anything if they smoke in the streets or on campus.

May 05, 2012

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majal7

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology '15

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Available, but Not Forced

Drug usage, particularly with cannabis, is definitely a part of the on-campus culture. However, though visible, there is never any pressure to be a part of that culture. Students can choose to smoke marijuana, and it is often readily available to find on campus if you look for it, but students never pressure or force it upon each other. Although drug busts do exist on campus, drug enforcement isn't too much of a priority for the UCPD, which tends to focus more on the college campus fraternity/sorority scene.

Apr 30, 2012

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pocky0725

Japanese Language and Literature '13

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Drug and Alcohol

As long you are on campus, you won't see those things

Apr 11, 2012

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