Abstract
Drug use may be either prescribed or proscribed depending on the drug and/or the nature of procurement. Marijuana and other drugs of those not in power are proscribed. Although males smoke and sell marijuana somewhat more than females there was no strong association between any of the background variables and drug use variables, supporting the position that drug use has become a positive value within the student culture. The data showed that involvement in the selling of marijuana and other drugs is related to the illegal aspects of procurement and distribution of marijuana, a network which can only be broken by legalization.
An investigation of patterns of drug use among undergraduates at a New England university shows that marijuana use has become a normal part of student life even among men and women, athletes, and good students. Furthermore, frequent use of marijuana is strongly associated with selling of marijuana, use of other illicit drugs and selling of those drugs, consistent with the hypothesis that the need to go through illegal channels to obtain marijuana leads to a progressive involvement with the drug subculture.
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