Seventeen DCs from one weekend makes us question the place of drugs and alcohol on this campus. As Phillips Academy students, can we afford to make the same mistakes as typical high school students? Or by coming here can we reasonably be expected to transcend the usual pitfalls of adolescence?

Obviously the Blue Book prohibits substance use on campus, but the crux of the matter is whether or not Andover students can be expected to actually hold themselves to this ideal.

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