The smell of burnt popcorn

I see in the police log that a Goodnow resident was picked up on an outstanding warrant for marijuana possession. Also in the crime log, from Moore Hall:


MOORE HALL RLC RICK REPORTED THE SMELL OF MARIJUANA IN FRONT OF MOORE HALL. 150 RESPONDED AND DID NOT LOCATE ANY MARIJUANA SMELL IN THE AREA.


From a journal for college administrators I found on the Web:


“Students in the residence halls are burning popcorn and setting off the fire alarms in the campus residence halls to cover the smell of the pot they smoke,” said UC resident assistant, randon Ubanks (the now infamous Ubi from the summer’s role play exercise). “We thought is was a ‘UC problem’ until we went to a statewide student affairs conference and learned that students on other West Virginia campuses were also burning popcorn to cover the smell of narijuana in the residence halls,” said one of UC’s professional residence life staff members.


Residence halls should have no tolerance for marijuana, though the problem is widespread.
The same journal from 2004, said this:


Furthermore, 34 percent of students at the University of Colorado said they used marijuana within the month, compared with 15.7 percent nationwide. At Colorado State University, 25 percent said they used pot during the last month. In addition, the use of other illicit drugs, including heroin, amphetamines and hallucinogens, increased by nearly 21 percent among Colorado College students.

And this:

Approximately 98% of students who use marijuana also binge drink or use other illicit substances. Nationwide figures for marijuana use among college students have increased by over 5-10% from 1993 to 2001. Source: Harvard School of Public Health (researched online, March 2004) A study of college students has shown that skills related to attention, memory,
and learning are impaired among people who use marijuana heavily, even after discontinuing its use for at least 24 hours. Source: Drug Enforcement Agency (researched online, March 2004)