By Richard Garibay
Assistant Opinion Editor
I, unlike many people, know what college students will do during their spring break. I understand that all of those months of hard work must me matched in fun packed into a single week. While I neither condone nor condemn the use of drugs I have to oblige my loyal readership and if you’re reading this thinking, “I didn’t ask for this” you aren’t one of those loyal readers. What I have done is compiled an informative list meant to enlighten and review. Through various “sources” and “research” I have come up with the five most common drugs, what they cost, and what they do.
Marijuana: Street price is $200-$249 per ounce of high quality weed, according to The Chicago Tribune. I hardly even consider weed a drug. I think marijuana is to drugs what beer is to alcohol.
K2/Spice: Street price $20-$50 for three grams. Spice is commonly known as synthetic marijuana and a popular choice because it is undetectable in drug tests. This might be the more safe route to take if you’re going to cut loose during spring break and have a steady job that randomly tests. Apparently the high is very similar to marijuana with an increased chance of social anxiety and paranoia.
Mushrooms: About $20 for an eighth of a gram. I like to call mushrooms the “women” of drugs. As a psychoactive hallucinogenic it’s extremely sensitive. One minute it’ll make you the happiest you’ve ever been then you’ll do something it doesn’t like and it’ll make your life a living nightmare. Make sure you have a sober babysitter if you’re going to try. Some people have been known to trip balls, and you’ll need a sober buddy to keep you from doing anything crazy.
Cocaine: It runs $45-$65 per gram. If you’re doing cocaine, I’m proud of you because you’ve probably built a time machine and are visiting the late ’70s every weekend. If you really want to know what cocaine feels like, starve yourself and then try to go across town in five o’clock traffic. When you’re punching the steering wheel and screaming at the elderly lady in the car in front of you, you’ve joined the club.
The most important thing about experimenting with drugs is to be safe. Get your drugs from a reliable source, because you don’t want cocaine cut with unknown substances. Also, if someone overdoses, call an ambulance immediately.
