drugs in school

Different drug uses in colleges College is a great place for students to build a solid foundation for their futures. College is a place where students finally get a little more freedom, responsibility and a chance to mature. All of these great things during the whole “college experience” but drug abuse has always been a big issue in college campus’s nationwide. The abuse of drugs seems to get worse every year. Drug abuse among Students is a big issue for so many different reasons. Students will use drugs to reduce stress put on them from different classes, others may take drugs to help make them concentrate on their studies and in some cases even take drugs to help boost their performances as an athlete. These college students who do abuse drugs do not take in to account the long term negative that these drugs have not only on the mind but the body as well. Alcohol, marijuana, non-prescription medication and Tabaco are the most commonly used drugs on college campuses but what other kind of drugs are college students using in their free time? According to The University of Texas at Austin “students also report using other drugs including cocaine, methamphetamine (i.e., crystal, meth, ice, crank), sedatives, hallucinogens (i.e, LSD, PCP), opiates (i.e., heroin, smack), inhalants, other club drugs, and other illegal drugs but at low usage rates.” Alcohol is probably the most common abused drug among college students. Most students will start drinking and partying on Friday night and not stop until Sunday morning. These students will consume dangerous amounts of alcohol in such a short amount of time. Some of these kids will consume so much alcohol that they get to the point of blacking out. These kids think that partying for three or four days straight is fun and the cool thing to do, but they do not realize that the amounts of alcohol they consume is dangerous to their body and mind. Alcohol consumption contributes to memory loss, learning difficulties,