<p>parents, how much alcohol and weed did u smoke in HS/College?</p>
<p>those who went to school in the 70s… u surely most have been hippies</p>
<p>Not that ANYONE will believe me (and yes, I did go to school in the 70’s and very early 80’s), I have NEVER ONCE smoked pot. Or cigarettes. Or taken any other illegal drug.</p>
<p>I drank VERY minimally. Maybe a drink or two every couple of weeks. if that, mostly wine.</p>
<p>~berurah</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s me too. I was in school in the 70s thru early 80s. I NEVER smoked anything & never drank except less than a handful of times in the 7 years I was in college & law school. Never took any illegal drug either. I was a tree-loving environmentalist type.</p>
<p>My suitemate smooked pot regularly & I had to leave whenever she & her friends lit up because the smell made me ill. Have never been able to tolerate the smell of any smoke from earliest memory thru now. My kids can’t either!</p>
<p>Hubby admits he drank a bit during his college & single days (60s/70s). Never smoked much either, as he’s not fond of the smell of smoke either.</p>
<p>stonecold, haven’t you ever heard of the Fifth Amendment? :)</p>
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<p>Thank goodness, right?</p>
<p>Actually, to answer stonecold’s question. No parents here had any time for that sort of foolishness because we were too busy walking 10 miles to our classes in the snow, uphill, both ways! That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it…</p>
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<p>And that was without inhaling.</p>
<p>talk about a blast from the past Iheard gary hart on radio just a few minutes ago</p>
<p>I never smoked pot in college (yes, in the 70’s)–though had plenty of opportunities! Just decided when I got there that it would be ok to be one of the few who didn’t!! Still had a great time. I did drink my first couple of years–not nearly as much as many people I knew! But after sophmore year I really cut back on that, too!</p>
<p>But it was legal in the US for you guys to start drinking at 18, so that must have changed the dynamics of alcohol use on campuses! I’m not sure if I envy your generation or not. ;)</p>
<p>The first any only time I drank to the point that I got drunk, I got so sick I thought I was going to Die. I prayed that if I survived would not drink again. Kept the promise. Smoking has never (not even remotely )appealed to me so I never ventured down that road.</p>
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<p>Definitely changed the dynamics.</p>
<p>UConn had the Rathskellar – a beer hall in the student union. I don’t remember ever going there. The dorm parties – we had beer. We had to discuss that some of us (Me!) were underage, i.e. 17, and that our social dues were going to pay for liquor that we couldn’t drink.</p>
<p>I don’t remember keeping beer or wine or any sort of liquor in the dorm room. Why bother? We could just go to Huskies and order beer by the pitcher with our pizza – and it was legal!</p>
<p>Our state was 21 for everything, even back in the dark ages–but somehow the fraternities (in houses on the campus) always managed to have a few kegs at every event, and I never heard of a party where the police showed up to nab under-age drinkers. The only places you had to have a fake ID (and I never had one) were the bars and restaurants.</p>
<p>I would agree that the younger drinking age lent to a significantly different atmosphere. I grew up in Texas where the drinking age was 18. By the time most of us left for college, we had been legally entitled to drink for awhile. Alcohol was simply not the “forbidden fruit” it appears to be now. It did not hold the “allure,” at least among my friends…sure they drank, so of them more heavily, but there was no “urgency” to it, no particular “intrigue.” That which you are able to freely and easily obtain just somehow doesn’t seem as compelling. ~berurah</p>
<p>Like Berurah, I’ve never smoked anything or tried illegal drugs. I didn’t even really drink much in college, but I do like a nice glass of wine with dinner on occasion. I was too busy in school, working and studying, to do anything else. Although I was in a sorority, I had a boyfriend (now Husband!) who was not Greek and was a math major, so he really didn’t have time to fool around with substances. Needed every brain cell!</p>
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<p>I think the controlling legal principle here is the statute of limitations.</p>
<p>The 18-y.o. policy did have an effect. I drank/partied a decent amount Freshman and Sophomore years, which was legal. Not all the time, not even every weekend, but probably every other weekend. After that, the allure wore off as I think it did for most upperclassmen – not really a conscious decision to drink less, but there were more interesting things to do, and schoolwork was harder anyway. </p>
<p>Never smoked, it never appealed to me. Some of my friends and acquaintances did, but they honestly didn’t smoke much, really – mostly at concerts. I can only remember a few times seeing somebody light up anywhere else. It really wasn’t a big deal either way to most people.</p>
<p>Also a student of the 70’s here who did not smoke, okay I did smoke about 1/3 of a ciggie in hs and found it disgusting. As to drugs I decided early on that if it was illegal, I would avoid it like the plague.</p>
<p>Alcohol was a different matter however. The legal age in NY was 18 and it was very easy to get served by senior year in hs. In fact I remember studying for a midterm exam over brewskis at the Jacinto Lounge on fine evening. In college Ohio offered that fine elixer, 3.2 beer to those under 21. That was totally harmless stuff which gave the kidneys a healthy workout with nary a buzz. Hard liquor was dispensed by State stores which checked ID’s carefully. But there were ways around the “System” and I do admit to some heavy drinking during both undergrad and grad school of a weekend party was in the offing. But no driving! Never drank to the point of sickness or passing out. But the morning after hangover was an occasional occurance.</p>
<p>Nothing to be proud of to be sure, but it was my way of decompressing and enjoying the occasional weekend.</p>
<p>I also never smoked pot or used drugs in HS or college. Some of my friends/roommates smoked pot, but fortunately I never fell into the drug crowd. I never drank in HS. However, having attended college during the late 1970’s and early 1980’s I drank some and went to (that’s right, I will publicly admit it …) DISCOS!</p>
<p>pafather, oh the memories. R.I.P. The Satellite Disco, Houma, Louisiana. Now (last I heard) a bingo hall.</p>
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<p>pafather~</p>
<p>ROFLMAO!!! DO THE HUSTLE!!! Guilty as charged on the DISCO thing here too! ~berurah</p>