> Obvious reasons: locking young people in universities in their highest testosterone years reduces crime and drug addiction this could very well be true, but

> Obvious reasons: locking young people in universities in their highest testosterone years reduces crime and drug addiction this could very well be true, but it hardly seems obvious. i could readily believe that fewer serious crimes occur at universities, but it seems like the combination of a large, low-friction network and a general blunting of consequences would lead to more drug use at least, and the ability to avoid or defer direct consequences does tend to exacerbate addictions and increase their harm over time.