Top Schools for Reefer Madness

The dispute is a common one: many college students will smoke pot during their stints on campus, and the university staff – from RAs to campus police – can’t allow that. Students hide their activities better on some campuses than others, however.

At the University of Colorado – Boulder, which has placed on The Princeton Review’s Reefer Madness list every year for six years, marijuana use on campus is apparent. In the past there have been clashes between students and administration over an annual smoke-out on April 20, and one such clash involved the university closing its campus to visitors and using a foul smelling fertilizer to keep students off the quad, according to the Huffington Post.

In the last six years, only 33 schools have made the list and seven, including the University of Colorado – Boulder, were listed every year. Though recreational marijuana use is usually considered not addictive, the slow turnover of this list indicates that the culture, at least once in a university setting, is hard to break.

The Reefer Madness list may not be as stable in coming years, however. With more and more places legalizing medical marijuana, there appears to be a rise in institutionalized weed – like the multiple schools now offering courses on weed and the new Northeastern Institute of Cannabis, in Natick, Mass. which offers a 12 course program and presents graduates with a “cannabis industry certification” according to the New York Post.

But at least for the time being, here are the top schools for Reefer Madness:

The ‘Reefer Madness’ Rankings From 2015 to 2010

Source: The Princeton Review