An online site, “The Beast,” has compiled a ranking of the “50 Druggiest Colleges,” and the top four are all in New England. I have never heard of this website before, but it was mentioned on the news so I went hunting for it online. According to this list, 8 of the top 50 universities/colleges with the highest drug-use are in New England.
I do not know how accurate these rankings are, since they are based upon available student-rankings on the prevalence of drugs on campus, which seems like a very subjective and fairly unreliable way of doing a study. I wouldn’t quote from this list in a research paper, but I think it’s casually interesting to consider. Browse the site linked above for the full listing at your own risk, as I can’t vouch for what else you’ll find there – but here’s the top 20 Druggiest Colleges according to this study:
- University of New Hampshire
- Northeastern University
- Bryant University
- University of Maine
- SUNY Purchase
- University of Colorado Boulder
- SUNY Oneonta
- California State University
- West Virginia University
- Williams College
- Ohio Wesleyan University
- University of Oregon
- Washington & Lee
- Appalachian State University
- Northern Arizona University
- Kent State University
- Indiana University
- University of Vermont
- Washington State University
- Miami University
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