Talking About Drugs

There are many different viewpoints on drugs, and people can argue for hours about them, but one thing that can be agreed on is that drugs pose a huge presence in college. It is hard to go anywhere without seeing some kind of drug use and abuse. From my experience, the drugs used by the most people in college are alcohol and tobacco. To a lesser extent marijuana is also used, but not in the numbers as either of the two. Alcohol is by far the most accepted drug in my social circle. Tobacco is seen as a bad habit to some and a necessary evil to others and marijuana divides into ardent supporters and detractors. Caffeine is also used by almost everyone I know, but it isn't viewed as a drug by anyone I talk to. Anything "harder" than those drugs is taboo to most of the people I talk to. It is surprising how easy it is to get drugs in college. Someone can get anything from Ritalin to LSD fairly easily and cheaply. To me, drugs seem like a way for people here to escape the stress of college. They work all week and then on the weekend inebriate themselves with their drug of choice to help forget the week. It is hard to tell if this is helping or hurting them.