Now, obviously he wasn't honestly suggesting this, because the person who said it cared too much about his mind to do stupid things like drop acid or watch Hellraiser, let alone do both at the same time. Once, while hanging out with some friends and trying to decide what to do that night, someone joked that we should drop acid and watch Hellraiser. But the moment you brought it up, it was taken seriously. This wasn't some open air drug market, like The Wire: College Edition (where everyone is McNulty). You could go days, even weeks, without seeing any sign of the stuff. It's hard to tell when people are joking or being serious when talking about drugs At ours, it was all about fighting the law. At some colleges, students get worked up about fighting for victory against the rival football team. It was 2006 and that seemed like important information.Īs an instructor at the school, I noticed that many of the most passionate, thorough research essays I received were the ones arguing in favor of reefer reform. He kind of went on a rant and I just wish he would have got to the point where he talked about how drugs affect Lost. No matter what the focus of the lesson may be, as soon as the discussion turns to the merits of legalization, the medical benefits of marijuana, or just the fact that weed exists and some people think it's awesome, kids who generally lounged silently in the back of the room will suddenly have a whole lot to say.Ĭase in point: My first semester, in a psychology course, the guy who sat next to me finally started talking about something other than Lost when we got to the chapter about how drugs affect the brain. Weed is often the only way to get students to participate in classĪs someone who has both attended and taught at SUNY New Paltz, I can definitely say that, if classroom participation is an issue, bringing up the topic of drugs will solve that problem.
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