http://www.briancuban.com/smu-finally-addressing-student-drug-use/ Brian Cuban's version of TRUTH, JUSTICE and the UN-AMERICAN WAY Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:43:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.briancuban.com/smu-finally-addressing-student-drug-use/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Matt Thornton Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:48:28 +0000 http://briancuban.com/?p=142#comment-205 As a former Mustang, I am sad to say that the prevelence of drugs/alcohol is for lack of a better term, high. That's not to make a sweeping generalization about SMU as it is still one of the finest schools in the country in my humble opinion. How the drug/alcohol use corresponds to other schools I do not know. The bottom line is that kids with tons of money and tons of time tend to find trouble. You are right, Brian, it all starts at home. A very wise Rabbi once told me that "Children do in excess, what parents excuse in moderation." As a former Mustang, I am sad to say that the prevelence of drugs/alcohol is for lack of a better term, high. That’s not to make a sweeping generalization about SMU as it is still one of the finest schools in the country in my humble opinion. How the drug/alcohol use corresponds to other schools I do not know. The bottom line is that kids with tons of money and tons of time tend to find trouble. You are right, Brian, it all starts at home. A very wise Rabbi once told me that “Children do in excess, what parents excuse in moderation.”

]]> http://www.briancuban.com/smu-finally-addressing-student-drug-use/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Robert Harris Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:20:02 +0000 http://briancuban.com/?p=142#comment-194 SMU is a bad school to use for your article. You know as well as I is that SMU is not your typical school. The kids have access to money- lots of it- which allows them easy access to the hard drugs most college students cant afford. Add that to the fact that kids like that, not so much unlike I was 10 years ago, went through high school with their parents there to clean up any mess they created/got themselves into and they have a sense of invincibility when it comes to drinking and drugs. I certainly look back to my days of growing up in Preston Hollow and partying with my SMU friends over vacations and think "Damn. We were lucky..." SMU is a bad school to use for your article. You know as well as I is that SMU is not your typical school. The kids have access to money- lots of it- which allows them easy access to the hard drugs most college students cant afford. Add that to the fact that kids like that, not so much unlike I was 10 years ago, went through high school with their parents there to clean up any mess they created/got themselves into and they have a sense of invincibility when it comes to drinking and drugs. I certainly look back to my days of growing up in Preston Hollow and partying with my SMU friends over vacations and think “Damn. We were lucky…”

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