Drug use among NYC investment banking analysts

How prevalent is weed, coke and molly respectively among investment banking analysts in NYC? I know plenty of college seniors entering banking who blaze, and a few who roll or do coke, but I wonder if most people stop doing these things in college.

How often do analysts blaze (while drinking on the weekend, for example) and how looked down upon is it? This is actually more of a general question as well: at what age (if ever) in the working world does it become weird or immature to pull out a bowl or blunt when hosting an apartment party on a Friday night before going out? How prevalent are other drugs?

For analysts who do these things on the weekends, how quiet are they about it within the analyst class? I would guess that due to the stigma against these products that analysts would be pretty tightlipped to preserve reputations?

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Throwaway8763at what age (if ever) in the working world does it become weird or immature to pull out a bowl or blunt when hosting an apartment party on a Friday night before going out?

Right around the time that you realize you're too old for 1) an apartment, 2) an apartment party.

 
BlackHat
Throwaway8763at what age (if ever) in the working world does it become weird or immature to pull out a bowl or blunt when hosting an apartment party on a Friday night before going out?

Right around the time that you realize you're too old for 1) an apartment, 2) an apartment party.

My grandma lives in an apartment. Maybe I should check on her to see if she's blazing.
''You can fool some of the people all of the time, and those are the ones you need to concentrate on.'' — President George W. Bush 0.5 bb
 

If you did/do these things you can find your fellow analysts within the class who do them pretty easily because you know the signs/lingo. If you did not do these things in college and want to start getting into them now you are not going to be able to find the right people in a discreet way. I don't think doing drugs is ever a 'mature' thing to do but the same discretion that you (should have) used in college is necessary. Basically, don't do them around people who don't do them as well and no one is going to pass judgement. Drugs are always going to be immature/weird to most people and fine with a few..

This to all my hatin' folks seeing me getting guac right now..
 

I use coke/alcohol to celebrate with others and weed to relax by myself and occasionally with others.

"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter"
 

i know some brothers who snort adderall during tough times, i also know one huge stoner who has basically not touched his half o of weed ever since college

 
Throwaway8763
CREDoes anyone out of junior high actually do "Molly?"
It's actually become very popular among college age students.

Interesting. Not my thing though. Neither is weed

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DiggsRTC
CREDoes anyone out of junior high actually do "Molly?"

Those who want to sweat. WOO!

I sweat enough in a suit, hah

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I'd appreciate any legitimate guesses:

What percent of VPs+ (at decent banks) do coke once in a while?

What percent of bankers (at decent banks) smoke weed once in a while?

 

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Just one guys opinion
 

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