Big drug bust in Charleston, SC

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I don’t think that this happens because the kids involved want so badly to be a member of a group or organization. It happens because drug and alcohol culture is so deeply imbedded into colleges and universities that it becomes normalized. When you add in the huge amounts of money made by those who are involved in the trafficing of all these drugs (and who mostly get away with it), it’s not surprising that it’s rampant.

Over time, she added, students who don’t normally do drugs become desensitized, and their drug use becomes more frequent.

“Why do colleges let this alcohol- and drug-fueled culture exist? Ask any administrator, and they will tell you: ‘We don’t want these things to happen.’ But then they turn a blind eye. They don’t know how to stop it because it’s so rampant and integrated within the culture of all colleges.

Let’s face it; it’s not just college administrators who turn a blind eye. Many, many parents tolerate their kids underage drinking and marijuana use in high school. They may say they don’t like it but they act like they are powerless to do anything about it and justify it by remembering their own youthful substance abuse. It’s not surprising that things escalate once these students arrive at universities.