Cannabis on Campus: A Deep Dive Inside Higher Education Pot Policy in Legal States
Danielle Corcione
Feb 18, 2019
Despite the growing number of states legalizing cannabis for adult use, many places even within those states remain under the grips of prohibition — those places, namely, are the thousands of colleges and universities around the United States. Even though many undergraduate students are of legal consumption age, and many may be registered patients through their state's medical marijuana program, it is still against the law to consume cannabis anywhere on campus at a school that receives federal funding (which means any accredited institution).
In a three-part series, journalist Danielle Corcione investigates how cannabis policy impacts colleges and universities. What are the stakes facing students, who live in legal states, or in states that haven't even legalized medical marijuana?