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(The Alestle, September 5) Despite marijuana’s legalization in Illinois at the start of 2020, the status of cannabis use on campus is still up in the air.

(University of Michigan, September 5) College students’ use of marijuana in 2018 was at the highest level seen in the past three-and-a-half decades, according to the University of Michigan’s annual national Monitoring the Future Panel study.

(Orlando Sentinel, August 27) America’s struggles with addiction and depression are well known, and these challenges aren’t isolated to one particular age group. People often don’t realize that the college years are prime time for these conditions to appear.

(National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) As college students arrive on campus this fall, it’s a time of new experiences, new friendships, and making memories that will last a lifetime. Unfortunately for many, it is also a time of harmful and underage drinking and dealing with its aftermath—from vandalism and sexual aggression and other forms of violence to injuries and death.

(Office of the Surgeon General) In 2017, approximately 9.2 million youth aged 12 to 25 reported marijuana use in the past month and 29% more young adults aged 18-25 started using marijuana.

(Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Learning Network, August 21) Healthy college students and other young adults who take prescription stimulants simply for a brain boost may be doing themselves a disservice, according to a new study that found nonprescribed stimulants barely improved short-term focus and markedly worsened working memory and sleep.

As college landscapes change, student behavior seems to remain a constant. Sure, they find new techniques and new, creative ways to commit violations, but generally speaking, it’s all the same.

(Business Wire, August 12) Seventy-six percent of students deal with mental health issues but only 24% have visited on-campus counseling centers Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. 

(NIDA Teens, August 5) At college, you may be offered drugs—possibly for the first time. Maybe you’ll hear about drugs you didn’t know about. You may be around people who use drugs. Any of these experiences can make using drugs seem like no big deal.

(American Addiction Centers, July 30) As students prepare to head back to college in August, American Addiction Centers is releasing some sobering statistics about drug and alcohol use among students.