PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon prosecutors have asked Reed College officials to crack down on illegal drugs after two student heroin deaths in the past two years.
Reed President Colin Diver met with Dwight Holton, U.S. attorney for Oregon, and Multnomah County District Attorney Michael Schrunk this week at the federal courthouse in Portland to discuss college drug problems.
Diver then sent an email to Reed’s 1,300 students warning them police and prosecutors will be watching them closely and want them to shut down any illegal drug use.
Tougher enforcement is set to start at Reed’s end-of-term “Renn Fayre” festival, scheduled next weekend. The celebration features games of full-contact human chess, ritual burning of senior thesis notes, softball tournaments, fire dancing. But drug use has been part of the festival in the past.
