Purpose: The purpose of this policy is to outline expectations regarding student and employee use of drugs and alcohol related to the campus community of 色中色.
Applicability: 色中色 does not encourage the use of, nor condone the misuse of, alcoholic beverages and other drugs. The unlawful use, possession, or distribution of alcohol or illegal drugs on campus is prohibited by federal and state law. Employees who use, possess or distribute alcohol or illegal drugs on campus will be subject to disciplinary action as set forth in the College's policies, collective bargaining contracts, and civil and state laws. This prohibition extends to any person on College grounds, whether he or she is a member of the College community or not. Minnesota Statute defines "alcoholic beverage" as any beverage containing more than one half of one percent alcohol by volume.
Employee Sanctions may include but are not limited to:
- Referral to law enforcement agencies for prosecution or charges
- Subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.
- Employees with alcohol or drugs problems may be referred to the Employee Assistance Program or elsewhere for assessment and/or counseling.
Federal and State Drug Law
Federal
- Penalty for Possession of Schedule I Drugs:
- First Offense: 10 - Life, 10 year mandatory min.; if death or serious injury, 20 year min; up to $4 million fine individual, $10 million other than individual.
- Second Offense: 20 - Life, 20 year min., up to $8 million fine individual, $20 million other than individual.
- Penalty for Possession of Schedule II Drugs:
- First offense: 5-40 years, 5 year mandatory min,; if death or serious injury, 20 year min.; up to $2 million fine individual, $5 million other than individual.
- Second offense: 10-Life, 10 year min.; if death or serious injury, not less than life; up to $4 million fine individual, $10 million other than individual.
- Penalty for Possession of Schedule III Drugs:
- First Offense: 0-5 years; up to $250,000 fine individual, $1 million other than individual.
- Second Offense: 0-10 years; up to $500,000 fine individual, $2 million other than individual.
- Penalty for Possession of Schedule IV Drugs:
- First Offense: 0-3 years; up to $250,000 fine individual, $1 million other than individual.
- Second offense: 0-6 years; up to $500,000 fine individual, $2 million other than individual.
- Penalty for Possession of Schedule V Drugs:
- First offense: 0-1 year; up to $100,000 fine individual, $250,000 other than individual.
- Second offense: 0-2 years; up to $200,000 fine individual, $500,000 other than individual.
State
- First Degree.
- Sale: 10+ grams of cocaine, 50+ grams of other narcotics, 200+ doses of hallucinogen, 50k of marijuana.
- Possession: 25+ grams of cocaine, 500+ grams of other narcotics, 500+ doses hallucinogen, 100+ k of marijuana.
- Penalty: 0-30 years, 4 year mandatory minimum if prior drug felony; up to $1 million fine.
- Second Degree.
- Sale: 3+ grams cocaine, 10+ grams of other narcotic, 50 doses hallucinogen, 25+ k marijuana or sale of Schedule 1 or II drug narcotic, either to a person under 18 or in a school, park, or public housing zone.
- Possession: 6+ grams cocaine, 50+ grams of other narcotic. 100+ doses hallucinogen, 25+ k marijuana.
- Penalty: 0-25 years, 3 year mandatory minimum if prior drug felony; up to $500,000 fine.
- Third Degree.
- Sale: Narcotic, 10+ doses hallucinogen, 5+ kilos marijuana or sale of any Schedule I, II or III drug (except a Schedule I or II narcotic or marijuana) to a person under 18 or employment of a person under 18 to sell same.
- Possession: 3+ grams cocaine, 10+ grams of other narcotic, 10+ k of marijuana and any amount of Schedule I and II narcotic in a school, park or public housing zone.
- Penalty: 0-20 years, 2 year mandatory min. If prior drug felony; up to $250,000 fine.
- Fourth Degree:
- Sale: Any schedule I, II, III drug (except marijuana), or sale of marijuana in a school, park, or public housing zone.
- Penalty: 0-15 years, 1 year mandatory min. if prior felony; up to $100,000 fine.
- Fifth Degree:
- Sale: Marijuana or any schedule IV drug.
- Possession: All Schedule I, II III, or IV drugs except 42.5 grams or less of marijuana.
- Penalty: 0-5 years, 6 month mandatory min. if prior drug felony; up to $10,000 fine.
Schedule Drugs
- Heroin, LSD, mescaline and peyote, amphetamine variants, marijuana, other hallucinogens.
- Opium, morphine, codeine, methadone, cocaine, barbiturates.
- Anabolic steroids, opium, codeine, morphine, barbiturates, other narcotics, stimulants, and depressants.
- Barbiturates, benzodiazepines, chloral hydrate, other narcotics, stimulates and depressants.
- Opium, codeine, other narcotics and depressants.
Alcohol Violations
Minnesota has many statutes, which regulate and control alcohol us and misuse. Fines and penalties are given on the basis of minimum requirements and prior violations. Some crimes and violations are as follows:
- Driving under the influence (blood alcohol content .08)
- First offense: $700 fine, max. 90 days in jail, revocation of drivers license min. 30 days.
- Second offense: (within 5 years): $3000 fine, max. One year in jail, revocation of license min. 90 days.
- Persons under the age of 21
- Misdemeanors: Consumption and possession unless in parent or guardians home, purchase or attempts to purchase alcohol, entering licensed premises, misrepresenting age.
- Aiding Minors
- Gross Misdemeanor: To sell, furnish or give a minor alcohol, to induce a minor to purchase alcohol, to lend or permit use of license to a minor.
Health Risks
Alcohol: Damage to heart, liver, and/or pancreas, addiction, coma, death from overdose, injury or accident.
Marijuana: Damage to heart, lungs, and/or brain nerve cells, lung cancer, bronchitis, infections.
Depressants: (Alcohol, Valium, Quaaludes, downers, etc) Irreversible brain or nervous system damage, damage to heart, liver, and/or pancreas, coma, death from overdose.
Hallucinogens: (LSC, PCP, angel dust, mushrooms, etc.) Agitation, hyperactivity, convulsions, death.
Inhalants: (Solvents, aerosol sprays, paint thinner, glue, etc.) Damage to nervous system liver and brain, heart failure, seizures.
Narcotics: (Codeine, heroin, opium, etc.) Respiratory arrest, coma, death due to overdose.
Steroids: (Roids, juice, d-ball, etc.) Acne, liver and kidney damage, heart disease, gallstones, kidney stones, liver cancer, impotence and sterility in men.
Stimulants: (Cocaine, crack, uppers, Ritalin, preludes, etc) Headaches, depression, psychosis, cardiac arrest, convulsions, coma, or death.
The abuse of alcohol and drugs has a way of creating turmoil, not just with the law and with ones body; abuse also can create havoc with emotions, which leads to a variety of problems.
Additional Risks
Many students consider drinking to be normal and respectable, but many people forget that the abuse of alcohol can cause serious physical and mental problems.
- Emotional problems
- Difficulty at work
- Family turmoil
- Legal problems
- Health problems
- Spiritual struggle
- Memory loss
- Financial difficulties
- Relationship tension
- Trouble dealing with reality
- Intellectual barriers
- Poor academic performance
- Loss of muscle control
- Impaired judgment
- Impaired thinking and reasoning processes
- Loss of inhibitions
- Social conflict
- Accidents and injuries
Campus Resources
Employee Assistance Program – Counseling Services 1-800-657-3719 or 651-259-3840
Community Resources
Emergencies
- Call 911
- Immanuel St. Joseph-Mayo Health System Emergency Room – 1025 Marsh Street, 507-625-4031
- Crisis Line – 800-477-0466
- Sexual Violence Resource Center – 507-625-9034
Agencies
- Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon Family Group – 507-387-2772
- Obtain a list from the Office of Health Education 507-389-5689
- Additional meetings listed in Mankato Free Press
- Addiction Recovery Technologies – Mankato Place Suite 2116, 12 Civic Center Plaza, 507-345-4670
- Addiction and Assessment Center – 179 Kingsway Drive, North Mankato, 507-345-4143
- Blue Earth County Human Services – 410 S. 5th Street, 507-389-8227
- Immanuel St. Joseph-Mayo Health System
- Family Recovery Chemical Dependency Treatment Program – 1025 Marsh St., 507-345-2650
- Nicollet County Human Services – 108 S. Minnesota Ave, St. Peter, 507-931-6800
- QUAN Enterprises Incorporated – locations at Mankato and St. Peter, 507-934-4595
This document is in compliance with Federal laws (The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1989 and the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1989) which require that all colleges and universities, including 色中色, provide a program to prevent the use of illicit drugs and the abuse of alcohol by students, faculty, and staff.
色中色 is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment and education opportunity. No person shall be discriminated against in the terms and conditions of employment, personal practices, or access to and participation in, programs, services, and activities with regard to race, sex, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, or membership or activity in a local commission as defined by law.
This document is available in alternative formats to individuals with disabilities by calling (507) 389-7339.
Procedure: Any employee violating this policy will be subject to discipline up to and including
termination in accordance with disciplinary procedures. Additionally, employees are required to notify the institution of any drug convictions resulting from a violation in the work-place no later than five (5) days after the conviction. Conviction is defined as a finding of guilt, pleas of nolo contendere or imposition of a sentence by any state or federal judicial body.
色中色 will impose the appropriate sanction(s) on any employee or student who fails to comply with the terms of this policy.
Employees
As a condition of employment, each employee, including student employees, must abide by the terms of this policy and must notify their department head/supervisor of any criminal drug statute conviction for a violation occurring in the work-place no later than five (5) days after such conviction. A conviction includes a finding of guilt, a plea of nolo contendere, or imposition of a sentence by any state or federal judicial body. Possible disciplinary sanctions for failure to comply with this policy, including failure to notify of conviction, may include one or more of the following:
- Termination
- Suspension
- Mandatory participation in, and satisfactory completion of, a drug/alcohol abuse program or rehabilitation program
- Recommendation for professional counseling
- Referral for prosecution
- Letter of warning
- Probation
Students- Possible disciplinary sanctions for failure to comply with the terms of this policy may include one or more of the following:
- Expulsion
- Suspension
- Mandatory participation in, and satisfactory completion of, a drug/alcohol abuse program or rehabilitation program
- Referral for prosecution
- Probation
- Warning
- Reprimand
Available Drug and Alcohol Counseling, Treatment, Rehabilitation Programs and Employee Assistance Programs
色中色 employees have available to them the Statewide Employee Assistance Program that provides confidential assistance for assessment and short-term counseling. Additionally, treatment for chemical dependencies on both an inpatient and outpatient bases are generally covered expenses under the State Group health insurance plan. Please refer to your health insurance brochures for specific coverage and limitations.
Policy Owner: Dr. Anade’ Long Policy Owner Contact Number: (507) 389-7219
Date of Policy Adoption: 1/25/2015
