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Drug War Chronicle, Issue #1077 -- 8/29/19
Phillip S. Smith, Editor, psmith@drcnet.org https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/1077

A Publication of StoptheDrugWar.org
David Borden, Executive Director, borden@drcnet.org
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"

Table of Contents:

1. CAMPUS REEFER GLADNESS: THE TOP 10 MOST MARIJUANA-FRIENDLY COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES [FEATURE]
As students head back to college this fall, here are some of the most pot-friendly campuses in the country. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/aug/28/campus_reefer_gladness_top_10

2. APPEAL: HELP US RESPOND TO THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE CRISES StoptheDrugWar.org needs your support to help us stay on the move at a
time of both opportunity and crisis in drug policy. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/aug/29/appeal_help_us_respond

3. THIS WEEK'S CORRUPT COPS STORIES
A Houston narc gets hit with a murder charge for lying to a judge to get
a no-knock search warrant in a fatal drug raid, Detroit police raid
themselves to gather evidence of corruption in their now-disbanded dope
squad, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/aug/28/weeks_corrupt_cops_stories

4. CHRONICLE AM: CA POT PARTY BUS BILL ADVANCES, BOLIVIA COCA
CULTIVATION DECLINE, MORE... (8/23/19)
Top White House drug officials signal a laissez-faire stance toward
marijuana legalization in the states, a bill to allow pot smoking and
vaping on party buses advances in California, the world's third-largest
coca producer sees a slight decline, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/aug/23/chronicle_am_ca_pot_party_bus

5. CHRONICLE AM: HOUSTON NARC CHARGED WITH MURDER IN BOGUS DRUG RAID,
DEA MOVES ON POT RESEARCH, MORE... (8/26/19)
The DEA finally moves on expanding marijuana research opportunities, a
former Houston cop who led a lethal bogus drug raid is charged with
murder, a Florida poll shows strong support for marijuana legalization,
and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/aug/26/chronicle_am_houston_narc

6. CHRONICLE AM: OPIOID MAKER ORDERED TO PAY $572 MILLION, PURDUE PHARMA
OFFERS BILLIONS TO SETTLE, MORE... (8/27/19)
Big Pharma companies that deal in opoids are taking a hit, California
moves to get rid of a vestige of the dope squad days, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/aug/27/chronicle_am_opioid_maker

7. CHRONICLE AM: STENY HOYER CITES GATEWAY THEORY TO OPPOSE LEGAL POT, LOUISVILLE ENDS POT BUSTS, MORE... (8/28/19)
Stony Hoyer goes last century with his embrace of the gateway theory, Louisville ends small-time pot busts, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/aug/28/chronicle_am_steny_hoyer_cites

8. CHRONICLE AM: NY GOVERNOR FACES PROTEST OVER LACK OF PROGRESS ON NYC
SAFE INJECTION SITES, MORE... (8/29/19)
New York's reformed marijuana decriminalization, which will end arrests
for public possession or smoking, is now in effect, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/aug/29/chronicle_am_ny_governor_faces

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1. CAMPUS REEFER GLADNESS: THE TOP 10 MOST MARIJUANA-FRIENDLY COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES [FEATURE] https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2019/aug/28/campus_reefer_gladness_top_10

The Princeton Review has released its annual compendium of rankings and
ratings of institutions of higher learning across the land, The Best 385 Colleges 2020 Edition (https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/best-colleges), and
buried deep inside are student survey results (https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=reefer-madness)>that helped the Review determine which colleges and universities are the most
(and least) marijuana-friendly.

In addition to a myriad of questions about academics, diversity and
community, the survey asked 140,000 students, "How widely is marijuana
used at your school?"

Before getting to the list, a couple of caveats: First, the survey data
is impressionistic -- asking respondents how many other students they
thought were tokers instead of asking for self-reporting, which would theoretically be more reliable. Second, the Review provides no hard
numbers -- just rankings -- so it's impossible to know if the University
of Vermont is way stonier than Pitzer College or just a bit stonier.

That said, the general outline of the pot-friendly colleges skews
heavily to the liberal arts and the Northeast, with three outliers on
the legal West Coast. And it's fairly consistent over the years. If you
review our 2017 articles on the stoniest small colleges (https://www.alternet.org/2017/09/campus-cannabis-top-7-stoniest-small-colleges/)
and stoniest big schools (https://www.alternet.org/2017/09/campus-cannabis-top-7-stoniest-major-universities/),
you'll see a lot of familiar names.

Here, in rank order, are the Princeton Review's most marijuana-friendly campuses for 2020:

University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Enrollment: 11,328
Vermont legalized pot possession last year, but not sales. Still, the
students at UV apparently have no trouble finding it.

Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
Enrollment: 1,112.
Part of the Claremont Colleges, this LA-area school is highly ranked academically but includes intercollegiate athletics, too. Go, you
fightin' Sage Hens!

University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Enrollment: 13,865
The state is likely to legalize weed next year, but students aren't
waiting. Neither are other Rhode Islanders: the state has one of the
highest marijuana use rates in the country.

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Enrollment: 3,009
Inspiration for the '90s film PCU poking fun at campus activism, the
school generates a steady stream of artists, actors, and musicians.
What's inspiring them?

Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Enrollment: 2,612
Fun Day is more fun, and the National Comedy Festival is funnier when
you're baked. This liberal arts college, a perennial high-ranker, was #1
in 2013 and #4 among small colleges in 2017.

Reed College, Portland, OR
Enrollment: 1,483
A radically liberal small college in a legalization state where chain
pot-shops dot the landscape. Absolutely not a shocker.

University of Maine, Orono, ME
Enrollment: 9,365
Another legalization state, and one where college students are taking
full advantage of weed's legal status.

Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Enrollment: 1,893
Students at this liberal arts school have to make their way to
Massachusetts to score legal weed. That isn't stopping them.

Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
Enrollment: 183
This tiny private liberal arts college in a legalization state features self-designed courses of study and a self-governed community. It has an
organic farm, solar greenhouse, ecological reserve, and observatory. And
it has the coolest school mascot name yet: The Fighting Dead Tree.

University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Enrollment: 24,346
UCSB has long had a well-deserved reputation as a party school. And why
not? After classes, students can pack a bowl of weed (legal or not --
take your pick in the Golden State), then pick up their surfboards and
head to the beach.

This article was produced by Drug Reporter (https://independentmediainstitute.org/drug-reporter/), a project of the Independent Media Institute.

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