Drugs
Push doesn’t want to be all po-faced about this and our policy is that we neither condone nor condemn anything you do. We just tell it like it is.
At some universities drugs are a problem (and we don’t mean you can’t get any). There’s both use and abuse. Of course, using anything illegal can get you kicked out of university, which is probably the worst way to flunk. And in any case, messing about with unfamiliar substances, without knowing what they’ll do to you, is pretty bloody daft.
No university is completely immune from the effects of drugs, although the most affected are those in towns or cities where drugs are easily available and where a certain type of club culture is strongest.
However, most universities don’t have any facilities to combat drug problems specifically. They rely on the health and counselling services to handle situations.
Alcohol abuse — and remember that alcohol is the most common drug taken in UK universities — is part of the problem too. Drinking’s a part of student life and there’s nothing wrong in that, but no one wants you to go too far.
Last updated on: 01 May 2008