Marijuana culture at Oregon.

Terry O'Keefe · Apr 18, 2012

To an old fart like me this is pretty shocking, not that college kids smoke weed including athletes, but these Duck players are pretty open about it. The current players are not anonymous, but do comment and from their comments it's well ingrained in the culture of Oregon football, so much so that you can't imagine coaches not being aware of this, I'm guessing though that the AD will be at least publically embarassed by this, even if he is also puffing weed at home.

Also interesting that the whole thing is left up to the school, which means if you get caught at School A you'll face different penalities than at School B. The NCAA certainly has no record of doing a good job here so you can't look to them for consistency. I don't know what the schools can do though.

On a frosty January evening in Eugene, a University of Oregon student plops onto a couch, nestled between a whirring space heater and a muted television at a friend's off-campus apartment, and pulls a nugget from the bag. At his feet sits a backpack emblazoned with the logo of the Rose Bowl, which he and his teammates had won barely a week before. "Purple Kush," he says of his preferred marijuana strand, which he rolls into a hefty joint between his forefingers and thumbs. "It's pretty much all I smoke."

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The joint, to which he adds a dash of tobacco to make a spliff, is typical for this student-athlete. "Bongs and pipes mean more evidence," he says. He lights up, kicks back and exhales a dense cloud. Normally, he'd pass the spliff to one of his Oregon football teammates, but tonight he smokes alone. "Most of the guys are waiting until after winter workouts," he says. Once those conclude in March, he adds, they'll gather in clusters to partake together. About half the team smokes, he estimates. "It's a team thing. Like video games."

The Ducks are savoring their win over Wisconsin, Oregon's first victory in a Rose Bowl since 1917 and Chip Kelly's first postseason triumph as head coach. Earlier today, the school buzzed as the team made its victory lap around campus. Now, as one Duck relishes another kind of high, he wants to make something clear.

"It's not just us," he says, taking another hit. "If you think Oregon's the only team smoking weed, you're crazy."
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Duck Weed

Sid · Apr 18, 2012

Here's an article relating directly to the pot problem existing throughout college football and how some programs are handling it:

The Marijuana Problem in College Football

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