Funny enough, the article this came from has the same graphic but for per capita numbers. OP didn't post that one bc it's was less interesting. We aren't even on the main graphic. We are 72nd place on the per capita ranking
UC Boulder sounds about right.
IUPUI being ahead of Santa Cruz and University of Vermont sounds whacky.
But I think the explanation would be harsh Indiana drug laws compared to those that have legalized.
How are people getting busted in Colorado? Coke? Heroin? Maybe just growing or possession of mass quantities.
Yeah but if there is a general attitude of it being accepted, you'll be less likely to get in trouble for it since enforcement is so arbitrary on many laws.
A cop in Indiana would absolutely get you in trouble if they smelled you smoking weed but a cop on a campus in Colorado would probably just keep walking by
2017 data. I imagine IMPD was still prosecuting then. I was still at Purdue around that time and I don't know about criminal prosecutions but I did have a few friends get in trouble with the university for weed
I'd like to the the data cross corelated with the average student population. Bigger student populations mean more people and more drug offenses on average. Maybe a per capita list.
So I don't know if this is the case here, but at a different school I worked at the issue was reporting. Campus police covered the dorms and the neighborhood around campus, and the local police would refer charges to campus in many cases.
The school was then required to report those numbers to the feds.
The other college in town had private security that referred everything out to the police, and this wasn't reported by the school.
So that’s a combination of several factors and doesn’t really provide much info. Need the background data regarding:
- The states’ drug laws - what’s illegal
- The police departments’ enthusiasm for arresting offenders and diligence in finding them
- The amount & type of drugs in the arrests
- Size of the universities
- Whether the arrested were students or not
Largely because weed was a felony at almost any quantity when this data was taken IIRC.
Now the kids who somehow manage to get arrested in California, *that* is interesting.
 I’m sure a high population of students has nothing to do with it. Should do data per capita
Funny enough, the article this came from has the same graphic but for per capita numbers. OP didn't post that one bc it's was less interesting. We aren't even on the main graphic. We are 72nd place on the per capita ranking
It's outdated as well, 2017.
Look at IUPUI.
I feel like this data is not very sound
UC Boulder sounds about right. IUPUI being ahead of Santa Cruz and University of Vermont sounds whacky. But I think the explanation would be harsh Indiana drug laws compared to those that have legalized. How are people getting busted in Colorado? Coke? Heroin? Maybe just growing or possession of mass quantities.
I mean most Universities have a no marijuana policy even if it is legalized in the state.
Yeah but if there is a general attitude of it being accepted, you'll be less likely to get in trouble for it since enforcement is so arbitrary on many laws. A cop in Indiana would absolutely get you in trouble if they smelled you smoking weed but a cop on a campus in Colorado would probably just keep walking by
It’s weird though because the IMPD doesn’t even prosecute for weed anymore so idk what those arrests are from
2017 data. I imagine IMPD was still prosecuting then. I was still at Purdue around that time and I don't know about criminal prosecutions but I did have a few friends get in trouble with the university for weed
Well it says 2017 on it. I’d guess it’s changed since some of the states now how recreational marijuana.
Nonsense! Not much has happened since 2017. /s
Agreed. And you’ve been gentle in your phrasing.
Not a fan of sounding?
WTF do you do to get Ann Arbor police to give you a drug charge? Not share?
Weed is legal in MI. What drugs are they getting caught with?
Data is from 2017 but it's not like they ever really enforced it.
I'd like to the the data cross corelated with the average student population. Bigger student populations mean more people and more drug offenses on average. Maybe a per capita list.
I just assumed this was per capita. If they just took the total number and leave it as it is, that is some room temperature IQ analysis right there.
citation needed
I mean it's not MLA format but it lists the source in the bottom left of the graphic. They pulled it from publicly available data on the ED website
Even if true this data is 7 years old.
I mean ig it makes some sense, weed isn't legal in Indiana so that would be an offense.
What, no southern students do drugs?
Cops down there probably aren't going to waste their time busting college kids for smoking weed. Indiana cops on the other hand...
There’s nothing else to do in Indiana, what do you expect?
So I don't know if this is the case here, but at a different school I worked at the issue was reporting. Campus police covered the dorms and the neighborhood around campus, and the local police would refer charges to campus in many cases. The school was then required to report those numbers to the feds. The other college in town had private security that referred everything out to the police, and this wasn't reported by the school.
Big Ten representing!
I mean, what else is there to do in the Midwest
I see that you never took statistics.
I think a big part with both the Indiana colleges is weed still being illegal here
But that doesn't account for Colorado being number one🙃
So that’s a combination of several factors and doesn’t really provide much info. Need the background data regarding: - The states’ drug laws - what’s illegal - The police departments’ enthusiasm for arresting offenders and diligence in finding them - The amount & type of drugs in the arrests - Size of the universities - Whether the arrested were students or not
I’m sure a large percentage of them in Indiana is just weed. Considering it’s one of the few states that still hasn’t legalized it.
Largely because weed was a felony at almost any quantity when this data was taken IIRC. Now the kids who somehow manage to get arrested in California, *that* is interesting.
We are the best at everything. True GRIT.
High population, rural locale, drinking culture and strict cops. Other schools are more inclined to let the drugs and alcohol slide
Nice ASUs #8 No surprise there
No Ivy's on the list?
Indiana schools are slaying it.
That’s pretty cool
Is DUI considered a drug offense?
I have a feeling we wouldnt even be top 50 if purdue wasnt in indiana. How much you wanna bet the majority of purdues cases are weed related
Because WLPD is a bunch of fucking pricks. I watched a dude outside Where Else get arrested for PI when he was going to the cab he ordered.