Sure, pot isn’t allowed in campus residence halls. But what about students who cry, “But it’s medicinal”? Here’s how one college is dealing with the medical marijuana issue. 

Mesa State College in Colorado has instituted a blanket ban on marijuana use in dorms – whether it’s medically prescribed or not. The school maintains it’s against campus policy to smoke or store marijuana, even if used for medical purposes.

It’s a proactive step: Mesa County ranks 10^th-largest in the number of medical marijuana cardholders in the state, and such requests have been seen at other colleges.

The University of Colorado at Boulder, for instance, saw a handful of requests at midyear, from students living on-campus who wanted their housing deposits returned to live in a more pot-welcoming area.

So far, no MSC students have asked to be released from the rule requiring freshmen and sophomores to live on-campus so they can use a medical marijuana card off-campus.

Currently, medical marijuana isn’t addressed separately in the student housing guide, but the school will remedy that by the fall semester.

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Tags: Campus drug use, Medical marijuana ban, Mesa State College, University of Colorado