BP 3550 Drug Free Environment and Drug Prevention Program

 

Lane Community College shall be free from all drugs. Students and employees may not possess, use, or distribute illicit drugs and alcohol.

 

The unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in all facilities under the control and use of Lane Community College.

 

Any student or employee who violates this policy will be subject to disciplinary action (consistent with local, state, or federal law), which may include referral to an appropriate rehabilitation program, suspension, demotion, expulsion, or dismissal.

 

The President shall assure that Lane Community College distributes annually to each student and employee the information required by the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1989 and complies with other requirements of the Act.

BP 3560: Alcoholic Beverages

 

The President is authorized to enact procedures as appropriate and permitted by law regarding serving alcoholic beverages on campus or at fund-raising events held to benefit non-profit corporations.  Alcoholic beverages shall not be served on campus except in accordance with these procedures.

BP 3570: Smoking and Other Tobacco Use and Possession on Campus

 

To enforce smoking and tobacco control regulations and procedures, the President is authorized to:

  • Set enforcement standards for all Lane Community College sites and campuses;
  • Direct that Lane Community College post signs stating its tobacco use policy on campus, as follows:

    --the locations at which smoking or tobacco use is prohibited on campus;

    --the locations at which smoking or tobacco use is permitted on campus;

  • Inform students, employees, and visitors of the tobacco use policy and enforcement measures.

Possession of tobacco products and inhalant delivery systems by persons under the age of 21 is prohibited on all Lane Community College grounds and property. This includes, but is not limited to: in facility buildings, at facility-sponsored activities, in vehicles on facility grounds on all campuses, including satellite properties.

 

This policy applies to all Lane Community College employees, volunteers, clients, students, visitors, vendors and contractors.

 

Exceptions to this policy are made for a person for whom a tobacco or nicotine product or a substance to be used with an inhalant delivery system has been lawfully prescribed.

 

This does not include FDA approved nicotine replacement therapy products for the purpose of cessation.

 

Limited exemptions to this policy may be allowed when tobacco has a ceremonial use.