@zenvelo is that currently that the student co-ops had that ? (or when was that?)
In the late 70’s they were full of potheads, but except in one very egregious case of blatant growing the police were very mellow to the student co-ops during the years I lived in them.
I don’t recall any overdoses or regular police confrontation.
On the other hand, from stories I’m pretty sure the student co-op system was much grittier in the 60’s. One of the bigger, of their houses was near Shattuck and there were clear signs it had been through “the 60’s” ... murals (Peter Max-style and acid-head style), old news articles on the walls, groovy-sounding names for common areas.
There were plenty of group houses outside the Student system, common among co-opers who had graduated or just wanted something smaller, but you have to have a cohesive, responsible set of friends to do that with, IMHO.