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L&A: You’ve seen the stoners in the movies, but does pot really make people act stupid? Hollywood myths about pot are debunked inside. (Page 7)

Sports: Despite changes in marijuana’s legality in some states, NCAA guidelines for drugs testing players remains the same across the U.S. (Page 6)

Campus: When scrolling through Instagram, you might notice photos of marijuana.

Is this legal? Can police arrest you based on your Instagram photos?

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Opinion: A recent farm bill allowing hemp cultivation is a much needed step toward cannabis legalization.

(Page 5)

DAYTON CLARK FOR THE DAILY

Campus marijuana offenses on track to reach all-time high this semester Student marijuana use begins to spike in 2014 AMBER FRIEND Campus Reporter @amberthefriend

Though on-campus marijuana usage has been declining for the past three years, within the first two months of the 2014 spring semester, OU students have been caught with the drug more than 2013’s fall and summer semesters combined.

Since 2011, OU’s known on-campus marijuana use has been decreasing, dropping from 56 total cases in 2011, to 36 cases in 2012 and 20 cases in 2013.

However, 2014 is already defying standards, with 11 marijuana cases in fewer than two months, according to OU Police Department reports.

If students continue in this manner, OU will have more marijuana cases this

semester than it saw throughout all of 2013.

The recent news coverage of marijuana issues in different states, such as the legalization of marijuana for recreational use, has made the drug seem more reasonable to young people, and thus more people are using it, said Steve Ashmore, director of Student Conduct.

“There’s a perception that marijuana is somehow a safe drug,” Ashmore said.

Over the last four spring semesters, residence halls have had, on average, seven marijuana cases over the course of the entire spring semester. This spring, the residence halls have already seen five marijuana cases before midterms.

Couch and Walker centers are the historic leaders when it comes to marijuana cases in the residence halls.

Both Couch and Walker centers had the highest number of marijuana cases

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five times over the last 11 semesters, according to requested records.

This semester, Couch Center has had three marijuana cases, while Walker Center has had none. Over the past five years, Cate has had the least amount of cases, with six cases.

In fall 2013, there were no marijuana cases in the residence halls. They were all reported elsewhere on campus, according to requested records.

In the residence halls, resident advisors keep an eye, or nose, out for student marijuana-use. If a resident advisor suspects illegal drug use in the halls, they contact OUPD officials at once, who then notify the appropriate officials, said Diane Brittingham, director of Residence Life, in an email.

Resident advisers learn these procedures in the resident adviser training class, and the lessons are reinforced

Students sell drugs to pay their bills, bursar accounts Dealers discuss life as a college student selling marijuana, LSD and ecstasy STEVEN ZOELLER For The Daily

Editor’s note: The OU students interviewed for this article preferred to remain anonymous to protect their identities. The names used in the article were either chosen by the students or by The Daily. When listed, the students’ years and majors are accurate. One student requested The Daily not publish his major. The Daily verified the identities of the sources through OU search, phone calls to the sources and listening to their individual interviews.

Some college students deliver pizza to make extra money, others deliver illegal drugs like marijuana and ecstasy.

At least, that’s what political science senior Elle Brown has done for much of her college career. Though she SEE DRUGS PAGE 3

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Opinion: We received two letters to the editor about CIA director John Brennan coming to campus, as well as our coverage about it. (Online)

Campus: Some students are planning to protest CIA Director John Brennan’s visit to campus Wednesday. (Page 4)

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“I think Oklahoma could make a shit ton of money on taxing it, and everyone’s doing it anyways. It also could save the police force a lot of time.”

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Information for these graphs was obtained from the OU Open Records Office. Consequences for a drug violation can include an administration fee, community service, marijuana education or possibly counseling, suspension and, for some extreme cases, expulsion, said Steve Ashmore, director of Student Conduct.

“It’s a very complex issue, but it’s something that we should be talking about.”

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After students are caught with marijuana on campus, they face university-sanctioned consequences. Such consequences, though judged by individual circumstances such as number of offenses, generally consist of an administration fee, community service, marijuana education or possibly counseling and suspension, Ashmore said.

Student expulsion is reserved for extreme cases, during which there is a potential threat

to the university community. These cases include drug dealing or creating drugs in a way that would endanger the public, Ashmore said.

Ashmore said students should be aware of the consequences, from the university and elsewhere, of smoking marijuana.

“It’s not really a safe thing for students to do because they run the risk of criminal punishment, violating the student code and also having problems with grades, studying and things like that,” Ashmore said. “So, I push people to be careful.”

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crolling through your Instagram feed you see a proud mom’s picture of her kids, followed by a cute couple on their first date, but scroll down a little more and you see an individual smoking weed.

Instagram’s guidelines include lists of what to do and not do on their site. They encourage their users to share photos Emma Sullivan and videos that are appropriate for all emmanic23@gmail.com ages, according to Instagram’s guidelines. This leaves a lot of room for interpretation for what is appropriate.

They also encourage their users not to post things with nudity, mature or illegal content. Once again, it’s up to the user to interpret these guidelines, but it’s important to remember that marijuana, in the state of Oklahoma at least, is illegal.

With weed’s current legal status in Oklahoma we decided to reach out to Norman Police Department to see if Instagram, and social media in general, is becoming a tool for incriminating individuals.

Norman PD officers have noticed the recent prevalence of illegal substances on social media and people do occasionally reach out to them in regarding the photographs of individuals smoking on social media, said Norman PD spokesman Captain Tom Easley.

If officers have a suspect, they may check their Facebook and Instagram for context on the issue, but officers cannot convict someone solely based on social media because it isn’t sufficient evidence, Easley said.

›››› Sooner Sampler:

Do you think people should post pictures of marijuana on Instagram and other social media? What do you think when you see marijuana pictures on social media?

“I think it’s pretty stupid, pretty immature and irresponsible.”

“Absolutely not, because you shouldn’t smoke weed in general.”

“Although I’m for legalization, it’s a bit flagrant given current laws.”

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“I think it’s a turn-off for future employers.

Advertising it is not a good quality.”

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DRUGS: Students explain how they conduct business in person and online the ones on Silk Road and realized I can make money doing this,” White said. “And so I came back the next week and said, ‘Hey, I have a lower price for y’all.’”

White had the marijuana shipped to him from California doesn’t think of herself as a drug dealer, she’s turned a profit by peddling drugs at the homes of friends and strangers alike. and the LSD shipped from the United Kingdom. Since he This started during Brown’s freshman year, when she want- could only buy from Silk Road with Bitcoins, he bought more ed more spending money for activities like going out with of the digital currency with the money he acquired selling friends. At one point she had roughly 50 customers. Her op- drugs. He would then use Bitcoins to purchase more.

White was only in the business for a few months. It wasn’t eration is smaller these days, but it still provides her with a long until one of his customers was arrested, and White was good bit of pocket change. forced to lie low so he wouldn’t be turned in.

“I make about $20 of profit off of every thing This delayed his return, as did the fluctuating I sell,” Brown said. “Like, if I have an eighth (of value of Bitcoin. weed), and I buy it for $60, I’ll sell it for $80.”

“About the time I was going to get back into Brown isn’t the only one. Plenty of OU stuit, Bitcoin prices started going crazy,” said dents earn money this way, though they each White.

“I realized I stood to gain more just have their own way of doing business, whethby holding the Bitcoins rather than spending er it involves traditional in-person exchangthem.” es or using black-market websites like “Silk We all have our Although he had only managed to make Road.” a few hundred dollars during his brief foray different way of When she was living in the dorms, Brown in the business, White had something “in the often met buyers in the basement of Adams doing it.” neighborhood of $2,000” as a result of the risCenter. Now she goes to peoples’ homes, ing value of Bitcoin. All of it was lost when the ELLE BROWN where she will sometimes wait in the driveFBI shut down Silk Road and confiscated his POLITICAL SCIENCE SENIOR way to meet the resident who’s paying. digital wallet in the fall.

Brown said this separates her from “stuckSince he acted anonymously, the FBI’s intervention did up” dealers who conduct themselves with more ceremony. not land White in any legal trouble. However, it effectiveShe alluded to a dealing acquaintance who made buyers get ly squashed his plans to open shop again last semester. in his car and drive around the block before a transaction was For sticking to the old fashioned ways, Brown has made.

Some people have different rules they’ve made up for sell- more cash to show for her stint as a dealer, but she’s also decided to withdraw. Whereas she once freely ing, Brown said. sold drugs to strangers, she now mostly just sells to her “We all have our different way of doing it,” Brown said.

Brown’s way isn’t the only way drugs circulate campus. If friends “for shits and giggles.”

She says her decreased business is partly due to her she represents the traditional college dealer, students like wanting to be a teacher someday. Brown wants to avoid sophomore Samuel White may represent the future of the requests for illegal substances while she’s in the classroom, craft.

Unlike Brown, whose source of ecstasy was a man named teaching students.

Another factor in her decreased involvement in the drug “Pedro” she would meet in an alleyway, White availed himself business: guilt. of the Internet. He shopped at what’s been called the Amazon.

“I kind of started feeling bad,” Brown said. “I was like, ‘I com of illegal drugs, the online black market “Silk Road.”

White would purchase marijuana and LSD from anon- don’t want to be that person that’s like ruining your relationymous merchants on the site using the digital, unregulated ship because I’m giving you weed’.”

Brown still sells to her friends, of course, but she says she’s currency, Bitcoin. He would then sell it to students for a bigger careful about it. She’ll stop selling to them if they start neglectprice.

White got the idea in fall 2012 when he overheard partners ing school, Brown said.

The concern some dealers have for their buyers may surin his physics lab discussing drugs and asked how much they prise some, but it’s more common than they may think. There paid for them. are both sentimental and practical reasons for dealers to “I went back to my dorm, compared the prices they paid to make sure their buyers stay safe.

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Biochemistry junior Addison Black, a buyer of LSD and marijuana who occasionally supplies his friends, says it’s in the interest of dealers to check up on their customers. He says it’s a preventative measure against getting turned in.

“The people who sell in large quantities, they know where it’s going,” Black said. “One time I did buy an ounce from somebody … and he would routinely text me or check up and say, ‘Hey, listen, have you sold this anywhere?’”

The safety of customers is also a concern, Black said. If a drug ends up putting someone in the hospital, it’s more likely the police will get involved. This is what makes distributing LSD trickier than marijuana.

“It’s much more severe and can have much more backlash for the person selling it,” Black said. “If you’re a parent, and your son goes to the ER because of something, you’re going to be much more actively trying to press charges and figure out who’s doing this.”

Still, this doesn’t mean all dealers have to care. Brown’s concern for users only goes so far. As someone who’s “very libertarian,” she believes people ought to be able to do whatever they want to their bodies. She occasionally uses drugs herself, so she understands why people do it.

White shares this opinion, though he has never done drugs.

When asked why he was willing to sell what he’s never used himself, he has but a single response: “Money!”

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Marijuana legalization in Oklahoma is looming as Sen. Constance Johnson, D-Forest Park, has authored a bill that would make the drug a legal, taxable commodity.

The Daily contacted Johnson to find out her motivations for writing Senate Bill 2116 and how marijuana legalization may change Oklahoma.

Q: How long have you been advocating for marijuana policy reform in Oklahoma?

A: Since 2007, so seven years.

One time, there was a vote, actually, on one of the bills last year in Health and Human Services Committee.

However, the chair refused to allow the expert witnesses who had the scientific background to testify on Skype. So, it was an inadequate session. But, the chair had the power and the authority, and it was very disingenuous of him because he told me that when I could present the bill, I could do whatever I wanted. Then on the day of the hearing, he tells me I can’t do Skype.

Q: And so that bill did not go through?

A: It was Senate Bill 710, I think.

Q: What are some problems with the current marijuana policy in Oklahoma?

A: The current issues have to do with — there’s three

pieces for me. We over-criminalize it, so the cost of incarceration, not to mention the impact that incarceration has on the family members of people who go to prison, are very great and they’re unsustainable because we keep passing laws. We keep increasing penalties and, you know, at some point ... we’re going to lock up more people than are out of prison…

And then the third area is we are absolutely throwing away a natural resource that Oklahoma has been abundantly blessed with. Hemp grows wild in Oklahoma. It is indigenous in Oklahoma. It comes up in the cracks in the concrete. But we spend money — the federal government gives us money — to burn it down every year. So we are wasting a natural, God-given resource that is pretty unique to Oklahoma because of our policies.

And all these positions we have stem from the early ’20s and ’30s when we had the “Reefer Madness” and the craziness going on — that morphed into the war on drugs. We are where we are today in terms of locking up a number of low-level nonviolent offenders, the low hanging fruit, if you will, versus putting them in treatment or in some other type of facility that is cheaper, whereas we are releasing violent criminals, murderers, robbers and rapists in average in seven years.

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State Sen. Constance Johnson, D-Forest Park, speaks during a meeting about Senate Bill 2116 to legalize marijuana at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City on Feb. 12. Emboldened by the legalization of marijuana in two states, hundreds of marijuana advocates held a rally at the Oklahoma Capitol to call for fewer restrictions on pot smoking in Oklahoma.

Q: Looking at these problems you listed, what are some solutions to marijuana policy in Oklahoma that could fix some of these problems?

A: We could tax and regulate marijuana, which would

mean all uses would be legal, so that children could get the medication, veterans with PTSD, people suffering from the side effects of cancer and chemo; people could use that versus using these pharmacy prescription drugs that are causing them to be addicted and leading to death.

We could make [marijuana] legal. We could change our sentencing guidelines.

Q: Do you think all marijuana — for industrial, recreational and medicinal purposes — should be treated the same?

A: Yes, if we tax and regulate it, just like they do in

Colorado. Gosh, they’ve made $115 million in taxes since it’s been the law Jan. 1.

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MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION, TAXATION AND REGULATIONS Will marijuana ever be legalized in Oklahoma?

Senate Bill 2116 had its first reading on Feb. 3 to the Senate Chamber. This bill pertains to the legalization, taxation and regulation of marijuana use in Oklahoma.

It outlines the rules for use, from recreation to research.

What about taxes?

Sections 12 and 14 of this bill outline the distribution of revenue that is generated from the distribution of marijuana. An excise tax would be imposed, permitting the Oklahoma Tax Commission to adjust certain rates.

Who would have legal access to it?

According to the bill, any person over the age of 21 will have legal access to marijuana, including cultivation, consumption, acquisition, possession and transportation of marijuana under specific rules, such as the amount in possession and the age requirement.

When would this bill go into effect?

If it is passed, the bill will take effect Nov. 1.

PRESIDENT’S DINNER

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Students to protest Brennan’s invitation to campus today

SGA looking to fill spots for next year

Though the number of ciAnthropology sophovilian casualties caused more Grayson English by the drone str ikes said he is protesting r e m a i n s u n c l e a r, tonight because he Brennan has mainwants students tained his political to know about Editor’s note: Aaron Magness is a former stance supporting Brennan’s “many Daily photographer, and Jason Byas is a drones.

This, Byas crimes.” former opinion columnist said, is one reason English said he doesn’t support Brennan’s crime inALEX NIBLETT Assistant Campus Editor Brennan’s campus visit. clude promoting the @alex_niblett “I think the decision to U.S. drone program, Some Sooners aren’t pleased with host him is implicitly a deciwhich has resulted in the CIA Director John Brennan being the sion that the administration John Brennan deaths of innocent civilguest of honor at tonight’s President’s is saying either [his] behavior ians and American citizens Associates dinner and will protest is commendable, or that the bad as- abroad, and support for President tonight. pects of it are negligible enough that a Barack Obama’s kill-list and lying After receiving an invitation to person in his position is someone we about domestic surveillance. speak at OU from former colleague should celebrate,” Byas said.

“I feel about like I would given any President David Boren, Brennan acSeveral OU students, including cer- CIA director visiting campus, which is cepted and will speak at 6:30 tonight tain members of OU organizations in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Molly such as Students for a Stateless Society Shi Boren Ballroom. and Young Americans for Liberty, met Students, including Jason Byas, Tuesday evening to organize tonight’s Young Americans for Liberty pres- protest. The protest is to show that not ident, will protest tonight outside everyone welcomes Brennan to camOklahoma Memorial Union. pus, Byas said.

Byas said he is displeased with the While some students are dissatisuniversity’s decision to host Brennan fied with Brennan speaking at the dinat the dinner because it seems they are ner, other, such as Aaron Magness, adWhile he is certainly a very honoring him for his achievements. ministration leadership senior, “While he is certainly a very acaccomplished person, those see this visit as a unique complished person, those acopportunity. accomplishments involved large complishments involved large “Ever since I was a numbers of civilian deaths with numbers of civilian deaths young boy and took the drone program that he helped with the drone program that my first trip to developed and maintained.” he helped developed and Washington, maintained,” Byas said.

D.C ., I loved JASON BYAS, Brennan became anything havYOUNG AMERICANS FOR LIBERTY PRESIDENT Director of Central ing to do with Intelligence last March t h e U. S. g ovafter a 63-34 vote in the ernment, espeSenate. cially the intel- to say very negatively,” English said. “I Like Byas, the media have ligence gather- think the CIA is a completely illegiticritiqued Brennan in the ing community,” mate and criminal institution. past for his support of wireUniversity spokesman Michael Magness said. tapping and drone strikes, President David Boren “The CIA is an or- Nash said Brennan and Boren are among other things. ganization that I holding an informal session before In a speech Brennan have always been the President’s Associates dinner, gave at the Woodrow Wilson Center interested in and what better way where students and guests will parin Washington D.C. in 2012, the then to learn about the CIA than from its take in an open discussion and ask White House counter-terrorism ad- director.” questions. viser acknowledged drones, saying, Brennan isn’t the first CIA director Magness acknowledged the con“…In full accordance with the law — troversy surrounding Brennan and to visit OU’s campus. Boren, a former and in order to prevent terrorist at- the intelligence community, but he U.S. senator and the longest-serving tacks on the United States and to save said he was eager to see Brennan chairman of the U.S. Senate Select American lives — the United States nonetheless.

Committee on Intelligence, got thengovernment conducts targeted strikes “There are always two sides to CIA Director George Tenet to give against specific al-Qaeda terrorists, the story, and I would like to hear OU’s commencement speech in 2003. sometimes using remotely piloted [Brennan] speak about his experiaircraft, often referred to publicly as ences and lessons he has learned,” Alex Niblett, alexandra.g.niblett@ou.edu drones.”

Magness said.

Students opposed to John Brennan’s beliefs plan to let their voices be heard

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Applications due Thursday in the Conoco Student Leadership Center PAIGHTEN HARKINS Campus Editor @PaightenHarkins

Students interested in filing for positions with Student Government Association must apply before 4 p.m.

Thursday Forms are available on the first floor of the Conoco Student Leadership Center and online on SGA’s website, according to an OU mass email.

This spring, students will be voting for a new SGA president, vice president, Campus Activities Council chairperson, Housing Center Student Association president, Student Bar Association president and several open seats in the Undergraduate Student Congress, according to the email.

Applicants must be in good academic standing and have a signed document from their college proving their standing, the election chairman Avik Mukherjee said.

“I want someone who wants to do something for congress,” Mukherjee said. “They change the student life and the government.”

During last spring’s SGA presidential elections, students raised concerns about former president Ernest Ezeugo’s GPA being under the minimum requirement.

While the code annotated outlines a minimum GPA, if a college signs off on a student and says they’re in good academic standing, that’s all that matters, Mukherjee said.

“We can’t do anything about it,” Mukherjee said.

Candidates must attend or send a proxy to at least one meeting. These will take place at 11:30 a.m. on March 5 and 7 p.m. on March 6, according to an email.

The elections will take place on April 1 and 2, Mukherjee said.

The polling locations haven’t been determined yet, but they should be announced by the end of next week, Mukherjee said.

Caitlin Schachter contributed to this story.

AT A GLANCE Student Government Association spring elections Undergraduate Student The following positions will be open for election: Congress academic district representatives • President seats open for the following districts: • Vice president • Business, 1 seat • Campus Activities Council chairperson • Communication, 2 seats • Housing Center Student Association • Education, 2 seats president • Engineering, 2 seats • Student Bar • Multi/Interdisciplinary, Association President 1 seat

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A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

HEMP

Our View: After the passage of the farm bill, we hope to see both hemp and marijuana legalized everywhere in the U.S.

The U.S. may be moving closer to marijuana legalization with the recent passage of a federal farm bill permitting industrial production of hemp for the first time since the 1950s.

Hemp, which can’t get you high, is a variant of the cannabis plant and is commonly used in products ranging from food to clothing. We believe this farm bill is a logical step in the direction of legalizing cannabis across the U.S. The farm bill would permit 10 states to potentially harvest the hemp crop through the establishment of “pilot growing programs,” according to a Vote Hemp press release. We are encouraged by the farm bill’s passage and think it is, in fact, a long overdue acceptance of the harmless cannabis strain. Just because hemp leaves look like pot leaves doesn’t mean the crop is the same as it’s demonized cousin, marijuana.

Hemp is harvested for its seeds, oil and fiber and is used The Our View in products you probably have in your house right now, is the majority opinion of like granola bars. So instead of assuming hemp is “bad” The Daily’s like pot, take a minute to learn the differences between the eight-member two. The main distinction between hemp and pot is the editorial board psychoactive effect of the chemical THC, which is found in marijuana.

Throughout much of the U.S., pot is still considered an illegal drug, but there is no reason for hemp to be in the same boat. Hemp was outlawed in the 1950s along with marijuana, but we believe that hemp production should be legal in all 50 states and applaud the farm bill’s start down that path. Industrial hemp cultivation would likely boost the U.S. economy as an export to other countries, and it would provide new jobs harvesting the crop.

However, the farm bill’s passage is not a sign that the U.S. government is ready to legalize marijuana, according to an Al Jazeera article. Under the bill, hemp cultivation would be limited to colleges and state agencies and only in the nine states where hemp is legal. While we believe the farm bill is a commonsense move toward cannabis legalization, we believe hemp, a non-intoxicating crop, should be legal to grow and harvest across the U.S. The farm bill does seem, to us, to coincide with the legalization of medical marijuana usage in 20 states. Only time will tell, but we hope we will soon see a federal law permitting the use of both hemp and marijuana in the U.S. In fact, a majority of Americans now support the legalization of marijuana, according to a 2013 Pew Research study. And because our government is for the people, by the people, we believe there should be federal laws permitting cannabis usage sooner rather than later.

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the smoke in their lungs longer arijuana has been OPINION COLUMNIST than necessary to enhance the classified as a effects of the drug. By taking in Schedule 1 subthe drug in this way, doctors stance by the federal governhave found long-time cannabis ment for more than 40 years users are even more prone to because of its high likelihood of early emphysema than even abuse and because, at the time, the worst cigarette smokers. no research had been done to find and understand the mediJacqueline Schlasner CHANGES IN BRAIN cal benefits of the plant. jschlasner@gmail.com Since the ’70s, however, reSTRUCTURE searchers have dedicated more The changes in the brain time and energy toward understanding marcaused by marijuana occur on two levels: the ijuana and the delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol short term and the long term.

(THC) chemical the plant contains. Still, many In the short term, THC “disrupts coordinaquestions remain about the tion and balance by binding long term negative and positive to receptors in the cerebellum JUST THE FACTS effects of marijuana use. Until and basal ganglia — parts of these questions have been the brain that regulate balance, • Cannabis users are more thoroughly explored and anposture, coordination and reprone to emphysema swered, marijuana should reaction time,” according to a • THC can disrupt balance, main illegal for our own safety. government website on drug posture, coordination and Because of overwhelming abuse. reaction time evidence of the medicinal Psychologists argue that value of THC, however, many “several lines of evidence exist • Cannabis can worsen schizophrenia states have been racing to to suggest a role for cannabilegalize marijuana for both noids and their receptors in • Cannabis usage can medical and recreational use, the pathophysiology of schizosuppress the immune ignoring some of the more danphrenia.” They recommend system gerous side effects of THC. those who have a genetic preDespite the increase in redisposition to schizophrenia search on cannabinoids in the stay away from the drug. past 40 years, much is still unknown about In those with an existing psychosis, psycholthe long-term effects of frequent use. Though ogists claim that even though THC appears to some studies show that THC could be very help patients in the short-term, “cannabis use useful as a medication, recreational use should worsens the clinical course and overall progremain illegal because of the myriad external nosis of the disorder,” according to the study. factors that can create adverse effects, which only doctors can adequately test for.

Jacqueline Schlasner is a professional writing graduate student.

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arijuana is legal in Colorado and Washington, but that doesn’t mean the NCAA allows players in those states to use it while participating in college athletics.

As it now stands, the NCAA bans the following street drugs: heroin, marijuana, tetrahydrocannabional (THC) and synthetic cannabinoids like spice, K2, JWH-018 and JWH073. Stimulants, anabolic agents, alcohol and beta blockers, diuretics and other masking agents, peptide hormones and analogues, anti-estrogens and beta-2 agonists are the other classes of drugs banned by the NCAA. Recently, the NCAA reviewed its policy and supported keeping marijuana on the banned substance list, according to Christopher Radford, Associate Director of Public and Media Relations for the NCAA. A survey done in fall 2013 shows that NCAA schools also support testing for marijuana, Radford said.

The NCAA is a private entity that governs college athletics, explained Jo Marchi, Associate Director of Compliance and Monitoring Coordinator at the University of Colorado. It’s not an issue up to the states, but rather, something much bigger.

While the NCAA randomly drug tests student-athletes, the universities also have the option to drug test.

The University of Colorado not only resides in a state where marijuana is legal, but also performs its own drug tests in addition to

Julia Nelson • Sports Editor those administered by the NCAA. However, their policies on those drug tests differ from the NCAA policy.

According to the University of Colorado athletics website, a first violation will result in a substance evaluation with the Director of Student-Athlete Wellness, periodic drug tests for one year, the notification of the student-athlete’s parents or guardians and any other sanctions imposed by the Office of Student Conduct.

A second violation will result in the suspension from at least 20 percent of the competitive season, required counseling or treatment as recommended by the Director of Student-Athlete Wellness, notification of the student athlete’s parents or guardians, additional drug testing for one year and any other sanctions imposed by the Office of Student Conduct. The student-athlete may be reinstated after his or her suspension if no other violations occur.

A third violation will result in at least a one-year suspension.

The OU Athletics Compliance Department has a similar drug policy to Colorado, according to Jason Leonard from the Compliance office. OU drug tests in addition to the

NCAA and has its own ramifications for offenses. For a first offense, the athlete must see a doctor who will decide what care and treatment is needed. All athletes are also placed in a drug education program. After a second positive drug test, athletes are suspended for one competition.

The third offense suspends the athlete from the athletic department at the discretion of the athletic director, and the fourth offense permanently removes the athlete from the athletic department, Leonard said.

OU has drug-tested its studentathletes 300 times this school year and has received 11 positive results, Leonard said.

The NCAA policy differs from the policies of OU and Colorado. The NCAA policy states that student-athletes will lose one year of eligibility and cannot play for a full season for a first failed drug test. A second failed drug test for street drugs results in another lost year of eligibility and another year withheld from competition. A second failed drug test for PEDs leaves the student-athlete permanently ineligible.

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op culture has a very long and interesting history with marijuana.

There were the cautionary tales of the 1930s that depicted “drug-crazed abandon.” With comedy duo Cheech and Chong, “stoner flicks” gained popularity in the 1970s. And in the golden age of the teen comedy, marijuana was featured in KEATON BELL • L&A COLUMNIST film regularly throughout the 1980s.

Today, it seems like almost every comedy has a pot-centric storyline or characters who smoke. Whether it’s “Knocked Up” or “We’re The Millers,” movies today show pot in a very non-threatening, humorous light, but some movies portray smoking pot in a negative light.

To help clear up some common misconceptions about marijuana, here is a guide to the truth behind some myths movies have helped spread:

Everybody knows the story. Boy meets weed. Boy gets addicted to it. Boy eventually becomes a crack addict living in the gutters. Except that it is completely untrue.

A study published in the December 2006 issue of “The American Journal of Psychiatry” states, “the likelihood that someone will transition to the use of illegal drugs is determined not by the preceding use of a particular drug, but instead by the user’s individual tendencies and environmental circumstances.”

And I think it’s safe to say that Johnny Depp’s character, Hunter S. Thompson, in “Fear and Loathing” was not the most mentally well hinged person in the first place.

Marijuana may have been his first love, but it alone did not lead him to ingest a briefcase full of various narcotics.

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Top photo: “Half-Baked” Middle photo: “Refer Madness” Bottom photo: “Weeds”

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If you ever see somebody growing weed in pop culture, it is not because it is his or her hobby. More often than not, it is out of financial need that they work as drug dealers. Think of Saul from “Pineapple Express” or Nancy from “Weeds."

Both dealers are constantly trying to evade the authorities and getting into trouble with drug lords.

What movies do not seem to portray is the group of people growing marijuana legally. Although illegal at the federal level, it is now legal at the state level to grow marijuana for personal use in Colorado and commercially in Washington. And that does not even include the several states where medicinal growing is legal.

As Seen In: “Blow,” Weeds” (TV Series), “Pineapple Express,” “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,” “Scarface”

There is a reason marijuana usage in film is mostly relegated to comedies. Many movies depict characters who use marijuana as pot-heads who ramble, make jokes and are perceived as stupid and entertaining.

The truth might surprise you, though. Various studies from the likes of Duke University, the National Academy of Science and more suggest that heavy marijuana usage (five or more joints a week) could possibly lower your IQ by four points. People who have never used marijuana could find their IQs rise by 2.6 points.

But while heavy marijuana usage might lower your IQ, it was also discovered that light marijuana usage (less than five joints a week) raises their IQ by 5.8 points.

As Seen In: “Super High Me,” “Dude, Where’s My Car?” “Up In Smoke,” “Super Troopers,” “Dazed and Confused,” “Friday”

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