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College students must realize the negative effects of marijuana use, which is now at its highest in 35 years among teens and young adults in the United States. As states and elected officials push to decriminalize and legalize the drug, researchers have presented conflicting information about its safety.
Syracuse University is known as one of the U.S.’s top party schools, and marijuana use is common among students at these schools. It’s easy to get absorbed into the social norm of smoking without realizing its greater risks.
“I think it would be hard to find someone who would say ‘I solely came to SU for the party scene,’ but it definitely is at the back of people’s minds. The way the party scene is set up, it does encourage using substances, whether it’s alcohol or marijuana,” SU sophomore Nikita Goswami said.
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