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WestrnMom
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Posted: Wed May 7th, 2008 02:49 am |
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WestrnMom
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Posted: Wed May 7th, 2008 02:52 am |
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http://www.fox6.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=6d0e5c52-d2b6-49a9-acd3-3de0fe547580&rss=tick
This article contains more details.
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RMmom
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Posted: Wed May 7th, 2008 01:36 pm |
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I'm sure this is not unique to SDSU, but it is just one more reason to cross that school off D's list. SDSU has always had a reputation as a party school and although they have tried to upgrade their image in the last few years, this incident just underscores their party image.
As a side note, as H and I were watching the story on the news last night, they showed a picture of a co-ed who had died from a drug overdose. She was the spitting image of our D. This freaked us out a little.
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CarolynLawrence
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Posted: Wed May 7th, 2008 06:07 pm |
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| There are drugs and drug dealing on every campus, but the scope and brazeness of this was quite amazing. I do, however, applaud SDSU's administration for taking such a pro-active approach after the death of the student last year. The college my son will be attending next year (Reed) seems to be taking a very low key, "oh gee, that's too bad" approach to the recent OD of a freshman on their campus. I find that more worrisome than the fact that SDSU brought in the DEA and Police to crack down. All things considered, I'd feel somewhat more comfortable sending a kid to a school that admits it has a problem and is taking big steps to correcting it, than to one where the administration seems to pretend the problem isn't there. Last edited on Wed May 7th, 2008 06:08 pm by CarolynLawrence
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WestrnMom
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Posted: Wed May 7th, 2008 06:47 pm |
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RMmom, here is an interview with that girl's brother. This could happen at any school, but I'm also surprised at how widespread it was on that campus.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24500025/
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Posted: Fri May 9th, 2008 06:53 am |
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| I SOOOO agree with Carolyn. S and I are going to have a long talk.
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RMmom
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Posted: Fri May 9th, 2008 01:42 pm |
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This has been a pervasive problem on college campuses for year. It was a problem 30 years ago when I was at UCLA and I'm sure it still is. SDSU has always had a reputation as a party school. Thirty years ago it was were the kids went who couldn't get in anywhere else. I'm certain that has changed and they have made a tremendous effort to clean up their reputation. However, I still don't want my kid going there.
I think the biggest thing that scares me about her going off to college is that I will not be able to watch over her. I know I have to let go at some point, but it is still difficult. So far she has made great decisions (leaving HS parties where there is alcohol, staying away from bad influences), but these things can change when they are on their own for the first time.
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CarolynLawrence
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Posted: Fri May 9th, 2008 06:13 pm |
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I thought things weren't any different when I was in college too, RMmom, but this article highlights how things have indeed changed, especially in the use of harder and more dangerous drugs, such as heroin, on college campuses:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0509/p02s02-usju.html
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While the proportion of students who drink and binge has remained constant from 1993 to 2005, rates of daily marijuana use have more than doubled during that period, and use of other illegal drugs like cocaine and heroin have risen 52 percent, according to a CASA study. Just under half of full-time college students indulged in illegal drugs, the study found.
By the way, after the news about the Reed freshman OD'ing from heroin broke, I did a quick google search and discovered that just in the last two years, five college students have died on college campuses from heroin OD's. The schools involved were as different as Penn State, Rider College, Louisiana U, and Reed. And, it is highly likely that those cases are the tip of the iceburg - I am sure many colleges would prefer to keep any student deaths from heroin on the QT.
Now, this doesn't mean, of course, that every kid is going to go off to college and get addicted to heroin. But, it does mean that kids need to be aware that they may encounter its use on campus, perhaps even in their own dorm room, and we parents need to understand that some kids may be more attracted to risk-taking than others.
By the way, this week police and DEA agents also arrested 30 people involved in a drug ring at Cal State San Marcos. It is not yet clear how many of those involved were students. Last night, our local news also had a very chilling story about the rise in kidnappings and violence from the Baja Drug Cartel here in Southern California (which was linked to the SDSU and San Marcos rings) -- pretty scary stuff.
Last edited on Fri May 9th, 2008 06:17 pm by CarolynLawrence
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