Top Schools for Reefer Madness

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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

 

2015 Rank & School 2015 Rank 2014 Rank 2013 Rank 2012 Rank 2011 Rank 2010 Rank
 Skidmore College  1  1  4  15  5  2
 Eckerd College  2  4  3  8  2  10
 The Evergreen State College  3  3  6  11  NR  NR
 University of Colorado – Boulder  4  2  1  4  6  5
 Ithaca College  5  6  17  NR  10  11
 University of Vermont  6  5  15  10  4  3
 University of Oregon  7  7  NR  NR  14  15
 Sarah Lawrence College  8  15  18  19  12  12
 Pitzer College  9  8  NR  16  13  14
 University of California – Santa Cruz  10  9  2  2  1  1
 University of California – Santa Barbara  11  5  10  3  9  9
 State University of New York – Purchase College  12  NR  9  NR  16  19
 Colorado College  13  NR  14  1  7  7
 Guilford College  14  18  16  NR  NR  16
 Lewis & Clark College  15  NR  13  6  NR  NR
 Emerson College  16  17  NR  NR  20  NR
 Reed College  17  NR  20  13  NR  NR
 Syracuse University  18  20  NR  14  NR  NR
 University of Wisconsin – Madison  19  14  NR  NR  NR  NR
 Marlboro College  20  NR  NR  NR  15  NR
 Bard College (NY)  NR  11  11  5  3  4
 University of Texas at Austin  NR  13  NR  NR  NR  NR
 Green Mountain College  NR  16  5  NR  17  20
 West Virginia University  NR  19  12  NR  18  17
 Warren Wilson College  NR  NR  7  7  NR  13
 New York University  NR  NR  8  12  NR  NR
 Grinnell College  NR  NR  19  20  NR  NR
 New College of Florida  NR  NR  NR  9  11  6
 Arizona State University  NR  NR  NR  17  NR  NR
 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  NR  NR  NR  18  NR  NR
 Hampshire College  NR  NR  NR  NR  8  8
 Vassar College  NR  NR  NR  NR  19  NR
 Wesleyan University  NR  NR  NR  NR  NR  17

Source: The Princeton Review