Interview with the Police

I spoke on the phone with K-State Chief of Police Ronnie Grice and Captain Don Stubbings today. I wasn't overly surprised when they told me that it is very difficult to police prescription drug abuse on campus.

Stubbings compared Marijuana and Adderall together and told me that when looking for something like Marijuana, it is easier to detect. Marijuana has a signature smell, as well as evidence of use such as a pipe or bags.

But with pills such as Adderall, it's different.

“When you see a bottle of pills you just assume it is a prescribed drug, and it’s not signaling ‘Well what is this prescription’. Where if you walk into a room and saw a pipe or a sack of marijuana, the red light comes on and says there is a problem here.” He said.

Because of this he told me that less than five cases have been reported that he knows of on the K-State campus.

Meanwhile Grice told me that he too struggles to find solutions to the problem and that the department is working with the university to find solutions.

"The KSU Police department works with staff and students to identify potential problems." He said.