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The Student News Site of Brookdale Community College

The Current

Student: Marijuana Caused My Psychosis

Student: Marijuana Caused My Psychosis

Anonymous March 18, 2024

In the fall semester of 2019, I went into a psychosis brought on by marijuana. The psychosis lasted for three years. I was your average stoner before the onset of my schizophrenia, but my onset happened...

Budtender: Use This Plant With Respect

Budtender: ‘Use This Plant With Respect’

Chloe Sullivan, Staff Writer March 18, 2024

Marijuana legalization is still relatively new in New Jersey. Marijuana is a Schedule Ⅰ substance that offers health benefits. And like everything, there are pros and cons to it. The AYR dispensary...

Marijuana: 21+ Can Use It But They Cant Grow It

Marijuana: 21+ Can Use It But They Can’t Grow It

D. Emelia Stedman, Staff Writer March 18, 2024

New Jersey is one of the few states that prohibits home cultivation of cannabis while permitting the sale and consumption of marijuana for recreational and medical use. Medical marijuana patients and...

What Do You Know About Marijuana?

What Do You Know About Marijuana?

Jonah Ronberg, Staff Writer March 18, 2024

Many Brookdale students have yet to reach their 21st birthdays. New Jersey voters decided in November 2020 that one choice residents and visitors, 21 and older, can make is whether to consume cannabis,...

Recreational-Use Marijuana Is Often Not About Getting High

Recreational-Use Marijuana Is Often Not About Getting High

Joseph Basile, Staff Writer March 18, 2024

The legalization of marijuana in New Jersey has impacted many lives, with the state now being home to 38 dispensaries. Most dispensaries offer both medical marijuana and recreational-use products. Thirteen...

Student Discovers Even More Learning Outside Of Class

D. Emelia Stedman, Staff Writer March 7, 2024

From skipping classes to staying late to attend events. My college experience completely changed once I started to get involved. It was both accidental and mindful when I decided to attend events beyond...

Free Tampons Available On Campus If You Know Where To Go

Free Tampons Available On Campus If You Know Where To Go

Jessica Lacalamito, Chloe Sullivan, D. Emelia, Stedman, Staff Writers February 12, 2024

Inclusivity should mean availability to all. According to signs posted in some women’s restrooms and across campus, free menstrual pads and tampons are available on Brookdale's campus. However, many...

Struggling To Pay Tuition? Tell Governor Murphy

Struggling To Pay Tuition? Tell Governor Murphy

Kelsey Maki, Brookdale English Professor February 8, 2024

College students cite different reasons for pursuing their degrees, both financial and personal. There’s the quantifiable increase in yearly earnings with each successive level of educational attainment...

When Someone Really Likes Cars, There Is No Barrier

‘When Someone Really Likes Cars, There Is No Barrier’

Isabel Shaw, Staff Writer October 23, 2023

Ben Kuleshov, a 19-year-old journalism major from Holmdel, bought his first car, a little red convertible, a few years ago and has been into cars ever since. “I love everything about cars – I like...

We Believe We Are A Stronger Community When We Learn From And Understand Each Other

‘We Believe We Are A Stronger Community When We Learn From And Understand Each Other’

An Editorial, By The Current Staff October 20, 2023

The violence in the Middle East has left all of us traumatized and heartbroken, and that's here at Brookdale, more than 5,700 miles away from the war. No words can adequately describe the emotions and...

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