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College and Drugs

drugs are always hella easy to get in college. plentiful and always within walking distance. even had a chance to do some DMT a while ago, but prices were ridiculous. I am guessing Santa Cruz is a great place to find drugs, we pretty much have anything you can imagine.
 
Drugs aren't as prevalent at my school as I'd like them to be. The kids who do get high really only smoke weed, and some of them have done shrooms but you can never find those on campus. There just isn't a real "drug culture;" the few kids who smoke weed etc. don't really know each other and stick to small groups.

Next year I think I'm going to be proactive and invite other stoners to hang out with my crew, hopefully get a real network started.
 
I went to a quite wealthy school and there was basically any drug you could ever want

however, if you were a coke head it would have been your valhalla, especially if you were in the greek system
 
thizzSantaCruz said:
what school do you go to?
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A Catholic school on the east coast; I'd tell you which if I could send PMs.

I'm a paranoid one I guess.
 
Nothing at my uni, although we don't live on campus so that sort of thing is down outside of college.
 
Drugs = Good grades?

Ok.... I have quit drugs, I have quit weed and my grades are FUCKING DROPPING. I have a god damn 3.0 GPA for this semester. Last semester I fucking smoked weed every fucking day, smoked half of a pack of cigs a day and drank alcohol almost every day. I had a fucking 3.7 GPA that semester.

So can somebody tell me what the fuck is going on? God dammit.
 
Something else in your life is amiss. . . drugs were a way of dealing with that problem, and although they probably would have led to worse things had you continued, they were temporarily fixing a problem in your life.
 
OK...So what am I supposed to do now? I got everything I need: Money, car, free college, everything, well, maybe I don't see my friends any more but that doesn't bother me. If I don't get above a 3.5 this semester.... Fuck. I might go to med school and this shit is totaly fucking me over. God dammit. I'm gonna have to take some of the classes over again. FUCKIGN FUCK
 
Study more, it's simple. Without a doubt your mind is sharper without drugs, just don't make any excuses and knuckle down.
I might go to med school and this shit is totaly fucking me over.
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Medicine will absolutely kick your ass with this attitude :)
 
if you have been using for years on end, expect things to be harder for a while, being sober takes some getting used to before things really start to click if u are used to doing everything high.
 
Well... That is not what I wanted to hear. So should I start smoking weed and cigs in order to keep my grades up? Or should I just wait it out?

I am on a scholarship too and I have to have a 3.0 GPA but the problem is that I might go premed and a 3.0 ain't gonna do.
 
Man, I hardly ever watch tv, I surf the boards less now too. I don't chill with my friends, I don't exercise any more, no more jogging, ugh. I am kinda day dreaming in class though.... I really can't pay attention sometimes. Sometimes I just think about shit involving the subject.
 
some excercise is good to have, even just half an hour or something every other day can make a difference.

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i mean it will make a difference in ability to concentrate and focus.
 
I'm doing premed and days consist of this:

Mon-Fri: get up at 7, go to class then labs, get out of class and workout/eat then study till I go to sleep. I easily put in 14 hour days more often than not. No job, no girlfriend, no life.

My weekends on the other hand are my "me time" with socials, bar, parties etc... It's a lot of work but I'm pulling all A+'s this term. If you want it bad enough you'll find a way to get it. Without the balance insanity ensues.
 
I agree with chubba here - the amount you study is what matters, not whether you're taking drugs or not. And it's the only real way to improve your marks.

The one semester I smoked pot daily also happened to be the one I did best in academically. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if my drug use and grades were positively correlated over the entirety of my degree - but this doesn't necessarily mean taking more drugs increased my grades.

With the pot, I was smoking more often because I was horribly depressed (not a good solution, but it was the one I chose at the time). My use of other drugs seems to increase the more stressed I get as well, but I always try and compensate for this by studying more. And as a result, I've always done well even through semesters where my drug intake was slightly excessive. The extra study has even raised my grades. :D

It sounds like your main problem is concentration. If you can't concentrate in class, chances are you can't concentrate fully when studying either and this might be affecting your performance more than you realise.

This could be due to boredom (in which case you just have to motivate yourself and not give in to laziness), or your lifestyle/diet could be a problem. Eat well and exercise often and your concentration and memory should improve.

I'm a bit of a nerd though, so you might not want to listen to me. :D
 
tiger-bunny said:
some excercise is good to have, even just half an hour or something every other day can make a difference.

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i mean it will make a difference in ability to concentrate and focus.
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I only manage to do push ups and situps every day and that is it. I used to go to the park and run a few miles every saturday but I stopped doing that too once school started. I guess I'll have to find time for that now.
 
I make dean's list and I smoke every day. Drugs don't affect grades. Your studying does.
 
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