Parents Issue Warning About College Kids and Drugs

BRANDON, Miss. (WCBI) — Parents of college students beware … that’s the message from two sets of parents from the Jackson area.

The parents from Brandon think their students smoked marijuana laced with a designer drug known as 25-I. Similar to LSD, the drug is making its rounds on campuses across the Southeast.

The parents noticed when the students, one of whom attends Mississippi State, began acting erratically and were manic and hyper.

The incidents happened in Brandon and not at MSU. The parents want others to know and to counsel their kids about the dangers associated with recreational drug use.

STATEMENT FROM MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY

STARKVILLE, Miss.–The following is a statement from Mississippi State University Chief Communications Officer Sid Salter in regard to the story http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/26354715/msu-parent-warns-others-of-new-lsd :

“First and foremost, Mississippi State University’s highest priority is the health and safety of our students. To that end, MSU is vigilant in our efforts to present our students with the information they need to make safe and responsible choices as part of their college experiences. For those students who make irresponsible choices regarding drugs or alcohol, we offer both top flight medical care and access to counseling on our campus from trained professionals.

“Only one of the two students referenced in WLBT’s weekend story is, in fact, a Mississippi State University student. WLBT likewise cited an unnamed physician as the source of the claim that ‘five MSU students have been admitted in Jackson with similar symptoms in recent days.’ Mississippi State University has not been advised by any physicians or law enforcement agencies that we have indeed had five students treated for the drugs mentioned in WLBT’s story. It’s also important to note that none of the alleged activities cited in WLBT’s report were alleged to have taken place on our campus.

“Finally, as a matter of caution, MSU is working with the State Department of Mental Health, the State Department of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institute on Drug Abuse to formulate the latest information on these new synthetic drugs to distribute to our students, faculty and staff through MSU’s University Health Services and the Division of Student Affairs.”