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Law Enforcement Involvement in Policing Campus Drug Policies

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  • Colleges should handle drug policy violations internally, rather than call the police on their students. When local, state, or federal law enforcement get involved, students are put at risk of going to court, being sent to jail, having to pay large fines, and losing their college financial aid because of drug convictions. These sanctions, of course, come in addition to any punishments levied by the college itself.
  • Local police don’t have endless resources. They already have a hard enough time focusing on violent crime and property destruction. Why distract them and waste their time with minor drug infractions?
  • Schools should have ample resources to handle drug and alcohol problems on their own. They don’t need outside agencies coming in and taking over.

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SSDP Welcomes Saint Charles Community College Chapter!

05/18/12 by Devon Tackels | Comments

This month, SSDP gained another chapter in Missouri at Saint Charles Community College. SSDP outreach staff got the chance to catch up with Duell Lauderdale, chapter founder, and this is what he had to say about his involvement with SSDP so far.

The "Third Way" of the federal government

05/18/12 by Zara Snapp | Comments

Last week, Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy spoke before the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission.

911 Good Samaritan Legislation Making Progress in Colorado

05/14/12 by | Comments

Colorado SB 20 (full text), which authorizes Legal Immunity to Drug Overdose Reporters, is on its way to Governor John Hickenlooper's desk right now! The bill will provide immunity for the victim and up to two callers in incidences emergencies involving drugs and/or alcohol. This is a huge step forward not only for Colorado, but for sensible drug policy in general.

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    Tell the Obama administration to stop the medical marijuana raids!

    On April 2, 2012, federal agents led by the DEA conducted a raid on Oaksterdam University in Oakland, California, which has been in business legally under California state law since 2007. This is just the latest attack on medical marijuana by the Federal government, which astonishingly has conducted more raids of this kind than it did under George W. Bush's administration. Please ask your congressperson and your senators to urge President Obama to put an end to these heartless raids.

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