Campus police find students smoking pot at makeshift igloo, may be sanctioned by university

CNN affiliated KSTU reported that campus police found four students enrolled at the University of Utah smoking marijuana in an igloo. The igloo is located at a secluded part of the university's campus in Salt Lake City, CNN said.

Sgt. Garth Smith with University of Utah Campus Police described the igloo that was used as a makeshift area for the caught marijuana users and said, "What they found was an igloo about 5-feet tall, 10-foot diameter. It had an entrance to it that had a cardboard door, they said it was about 10-inches thick, the igloo itself. We don't even know if they built it, they were just occupying it. So we don't know who built it, but they were inside of it."

Although the students were not arrested, the igloo had since been destroyed and the four were referred to the Student Behavior Committee of the university. CNN said that punishment could include academic sanctions and a school expulsion.

Deseret News said in an article that addiction experts and law enforcement are worried over the effects of the shift about marijuana use on the of America's youth. A recent National Institute on Drug Abuse's Monitoring the Future Survey revealed that marijuana use among minors had increased since the mid-to-late 2000s.

"Right now, what we're really seeing is marijuana and spice, it's just huge in the high schools. You talk to the kids and with everything that's going on with it being legalized in Colorado and comments being made that it's just not that bad for you, the kids are taking it one step further and they're telling me, 'It's just an herb. It's OK. In fact, it's used for medical purposes, it's not bad for you. It's good for you.'And that's the belief that our kids are getting," said Salt Lake police officer Doug Teerlink.

Colorado is among the US states who had legalized marijuana use for recreational purposes, Deseret News said.

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University of Utah, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana Use

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