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Carbondale Reporter

Friday, October 3, 2025

70 drug abuse violations reported on Southern Illinois University-Carbondale campus in 2017

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There were 70 on-campus drug abuse violations in 2017 on the campus of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, located in Carbondale, according to the most recent crime statistics available on the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) website.

In 2016, there were 97 drug abuse violations on the campus; and in 2015, there were 106 drug abuse violations. Overall, in the three year period from 2015 through 2017, 62 percent of on-campus drug abuse violations happened in residence halls. The following table shows how many of these on-campus criminal offenses were committed in residence halls:


YearOn-campus drug abuse violationsIn residence halls% In residence halls
2017703752%
2016976668%
20151066864%

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