<p>There is no “drug problem” at Reed. I transfered to Reed from a large university and honestly I don’t think Reedies do any more drugs than students at most other schools. Because the school gives the students so much freedom, you’ll see kids smoking pot out in public, whereas at other schools they do it hidden away in their dorm rooms - and this feeds the popular notion that Reed’s full of drugs. But a large portion of the student body doesn’t even smoke pot. I personally only smoked it only a few times there, as did a lot of my friends.</p>
<p>I never saw hard drugs at Reed, and only knew of one guy who was rumored to do heroin. Other things - marijuana, psychedelics, various pills - were around, and there was a fair amount of experimentation. But if these are any more abundant at Reed than most other schools, it isn’t by much.</p>