We’ve all seen it –– beer cans littered along Greek Row, the residual scent of marijuana lingering behind the dorms, and the occasional line of coke at a frat party.
With about a third of college students engaging in binge drinking, drug use is seemingly normalized on campus. With this culture comes a dangerous cycle of addiction and adverse effects that many of us learn in grade school, but soon forget as we enter college.
Given the competitive major process and the adjustment to a college environment that many freshmen at the UW face, it is easy to fall into a trap of relying on various substances to cope with symptoms of stress…
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We’ve all seen it –– beer cans littered along Greek Row, the residual scent of marijuana lingering behind the dorms, and the occasional line of coke at a frat party.
With about a third of college students engaging in binge drinking, drug use is seemingly normalized on campus. With this culture comes a dangerous cycle of addiction and adverse effects that many of us learn in grade school, but soon forget as we enter college.
Given the competitive major process and the adjustment to a college environment that many freshmen at the UW face, it is easy to fall into a trap of relying on various substances to cope with symptoms of stress…