Drug and Alcohol Policy Changes

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Drug and Alcohol Policy Changes

• Janet Gould S.A.C.

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What you need to know about THS/TMS drug policies
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Signs Symptoms of students under the influence

• Continual sleeping in class
• Bloodshot eyes
• Loss of physical coordination
• Slurred speech
• Trembling / Shakiness

• Smells of alcohol/marijuana
• Glassy eyes
• Lethargic
• Disoriented
• Unsteady on feet
• Dull eyes

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Procedure at THS/TMS

• IF YOU SUSPECT THAT ONE OF YOUR STUDENTS IS UNDER
  THE INFLUENCE AT THAT TIME, YOU NEED TO DO THE
  FOLLOWING

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• Call a student manager/administrator and ask them
  to come and escort the student to the nurses
  office.
• You can call attendance(6622 or 6623) and say I
  need a student manager/administrator to come to
  my room and escort ________________ to the
  nurses office

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• Fill out a teacher referral form in the nurses
  office as soon as possible.
• Please remember that this is not a judgment call.
  If a student shows the signs or symptoms of
  substance abuse, a student manager/ administrator
  should be called to escort that student down to
  the nurses office.

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The LAW
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Can legal action be taken against any teaching
staff member, school nurse or other educational
personnel for failing to report a student who is
under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs?

• After contacting legal resources, the matter was
  referred to The Controlled Dangerous Substance
  Registry Act of 1970 Appendix C Important
  Legislation Affecting Schools. N.J.S.A.
  18A40-4.1 and N.J.S.A. 18A 40 -4.2.

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The pertinent issues of the laws are respectively
as follows

• such teaching staff member, school nurse, or
  other educational personnel shall report the
  matter, as soon as possible to the school nurse
  or medical inspector as the case may be and to
  the principal, or in his/her absence to his/her
  designee. The principal or his/her designee
  shall immediately notify the parent or guardian
  and the superintendent of schools, if there be
  one, or the administrative principal and arrange
  for an immediate examination of the pupil by a
  doctor selected by the parent or guardian or if
  such a doctor is not immediately available , by
  the medical inspector, if he/she is available
  furthermore, No action of any kind in any court
  of competent jurisdiction shall lie against any
  teaching staff member, school nurse, or other
  educational personnel, medical inspector,
  examining physician, or any other officer or
  agent of the board of education or personnel of
  the emergency room of a hospital because of any
  action taken by virtue of the provision of this
  act, provided the skill and care given is that
  ordinarily required and exercised by other
  teaching staff members, nurses, education
  personnel, etc.

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• As stated in the previous mentioned law, a
  teacher or other educational personnel shall
  report the matter therefore, failure to report
  such an incident would be a violation of N.J.S.A.
  18A. 40-4.1 and subject to legal action being
  taken.

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Policy Changes
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STAFF MEMBERS RESPONSIBILITIES

• Staff members are required by law to report to
  the school nurse and administrator any student
  suspected of being under the influence of or
  having problems related to drugs/alcohol/anabolic
  steroids.
• Any staff member who has reason to believe that a
  student has unlawfully possessed or has in any
  way been involved in the distribution of a
  controlled dangerous substance, including
  anabolic steroids, or drug paraphernalia on or
  within 1,000 feet of the outermost boundary of
  the school property shall inform administration
  immediately.

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PROCEDURE FOR REFERRAL

• The principal or his/her designee shall
  immediately notify the parent/guardian and the
  chief school administrator and arrange an
  immediate examination (within three hours of the
  initial referral) of the student by a physician
  licensed to practice medicine and osteopathy.

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READMISSION CRITERIA

• Before a student who has
• Received a positive diagnosis for chemical use
• or
• Received a positive chemical screen
• or
• Admitted to chemical use which resulted in the
  student being under the influence at the time of
  administrative contact
• or
• Been found using or in possession of
  drugs/alcohol/anabolic steroids and/or drug
  paraphernalia
• can return to school
• The Principal or designee and Substance
  Awareness Coordinator will confer with the
  student and his/her parents regarding the
  re-entry process.

For full text see pages 6 and 7 of DA Policy
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PENALTIES FOR POLICY VIOLATIONS
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FIRST OFFENSE

• Suspension for a minimum of 3 days
• Police notification
• Mandatory parent conference
• Notification of SAC
• Referral to appropriate agency
• Formal CORE (START) team intervention
• High School students may lose IDT privileges for
  the remainder of the school year and be assigned
  to study hall.

Second and additional offenses can be found on
page 7.
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SUBSTANCE RELATED REFERRALS
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A student confides in a staff member that he/she
has a problem with substance use

• The student shall be informed by the staff member
  that information must and shall be given to the
  Substance Abuse Coordinator and offer to
  accompany the student to that office.
• Note
• The conversation between the student, teacher
  and the Substance Awareness Coordinator is
  strictly confidential.

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• The Substance Awareness Coordinator meets with
  the student.
• If this assessment/intervention substantiates a
  drug/alcohol/anabolic steroids problem and the
  student is judged to be a danger to him/herself
  or others, then the parent/guardian shall be
  immediately contacted.
• In this case, appropriate referrals
• will be provided.

Additional text in located on Page 9.
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ROLE OF CHILD STUDY TEAM

• The Child Study Team shall not accept referrals
  of new cases where the cause for evaluation
  indicates possible substance use/abuse until the
  Substance Awareness Coordinator and IRS
  (Intervention and Referral Services)/ Core
  (START) team have been consulted.
• The referred student may be required to submit a
  urine screen, or participate in some other form
  of evaluation, in order to rule-out the
  possibility that drugs/alcohol involvement is a
  primary cause for the referral.

Additional text is located on Pages 9 10.
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FIELD TRIP/EXTRA CURRICULAR EVENTS

• If a student is suspected of using any chemical
  substance on the way to or from or during a
  school sponsored field trip, the chaperones
  shall
• secure appropriate medical attention
• notify the Principal and/or designee
• initiate an immediate return of the student to
  the school building.

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• The parent will be notified, the SAC shall be
  notified, and the rest of this Policy shall be
  implemented upon return to school.
• Admission to school-sponsored functions shall be
  denied and the policy will be in full effect.

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TOBACCO POLICY

• Note
• OFFENSES WILL BE CUMULATIVE FOR GRADE LEVELS
  WITHIN A SCHOOL.

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Basis to conclude that a student has been
smoking

• A student is observed with a lit cigarette (or
  tobacco in any form) in his/her possession.
• A student is observed exhaling smoke.
• A student is enveloped by smoke and is proximate
  to an extinguished cigarette or is in the act of
  disposing of a cigarette.

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FIRST OFFENSE

• Incur a minimum of 12 days detention.
• Parents will be contacted regarding the offense
  and the schools response.
• Student is reminded of the penalties imposed for
  subsequent violations of this policy.
• Student will be referred to the SAC.
• Note Second, Third and Subsequent Offenses can
  be read on Page 13.

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EXTRA/CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES SUBSTANCE USE AND
TOBACCO POLICY

• This is no longer a document given to only
  Athletes, but rather encompasses all extra
  co-curricular activities and is now in the
  Regulations piece of our policy.
• All parents received this policy over the summer
  in hard copy.

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FIRST VIOLATION

• The student will be subject to the procedures
  outlined in the Substance Abuse Policy if the
  violation occurs under the jurisdiction of the
  school.
• Suspended from participation in all
  extra/co-curricular activities, contests and
  meeting for a period of not less than one week
  and not more than two events, however, the
  student is expected to practice for the
  activity or sport during that week of suspension
  for the activity.

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• The student and parent must meet with the SAC, AD
  and or activity director, coach/activity
  director.
• Strong recommendation that the student undergo a
  chemical dependency assessment at an accredited
  facility and follow through with recommendations
  for treatment.
• Assessment and treatment shall not be at the
  expense of the Board of Education. The SAC will
  monitor participation in any treatment program.

Second and third offenses can be read on pages 2
3 of this policy.
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TOBACCO USE
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• The penalties are the same as was outlined in the
  Substance Abuse/Tobacco Policy, with additional
  consequences for the extra co-curricular
  activities.

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First Violation

• The student will be suspended from participation
  in all extra/co-curricular activities, contests
  and meetings for a period of a minimum of
• one (1) week, or not more than (2) events
• the student is still expected to participate in
  practice for the activity or sport during that
  week of suspension from the activity.
• The student must meet with the
• SAC
• AD or activity director
• Coach or Activity advisor.

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• The student will be referred to the SAC for
  tobacco prevention education and for an
  assessment to determine if there is a need for a
  smoking cessation program referral.
• The SAC will monitor participation in any program.

Subsequent violations can be found on Page 4 of
this policy.
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Common Drugsfound amongst students
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Marijuana

• Slang Terms
• Pot
• Weed
• Herb
• Blunt
• Hydro
• Dope
• Chronic

• Effects
• Anxiety
• Paranoia
• Distortion of reality
• Impair short-term memory coordination
• Amotivational syndrome

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Short-term effects
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MarijuanaParaphernalia
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Cocaine

• Slang Terms
• Blow
• Nose candy
• Snowball

• Effects
• Euphoric
• Energetic
• Talkative
• mentally alert
• temporarily decrease the need for food and sleep

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Cocaine

• The short-term physiological effects of cocaine
  include
• constricted blood vessels
• dilated pupils
• increased temperature, heart rate, and blood
  pressure.
• Large amounts intensify the users high, but may
  also lead to bizarre, erratic, and violent
  behavior

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LSD
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Side-Effects

• The short-term effects of LSD are unpredictable.
• They depend on the amount of the drug taken the
  user's personality, mood, and expectations and
  the surroundings in which the drug is used.
• The physical effects include
• dilated pupils, higher body temperature,
  increased heart rate and blood pressure,
  sweating, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, dry
  mouth, and tremors.
• Sensations may seem to "cross over"
• Large doses - the drug produces delusions and
  visual hallucinations.

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Psilocybin Magic Mushrooms Shrooms
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Ecstasy (MDMA)

• Slang terms
• The Love Drug
• XTC
• E

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Side Effects

• Physical
• Teeth clenching/grinding
• Nausea
• Blurred vision
• Sweating
• Dehydration
• Hyperthermia (106)
• Psychological
• Euphoria
• Reduced inhibitions

• Weeks Later
• Depression
• Sleep problems
• Anxiety paranoia

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What are Pharm Parties???

• What are they and do they really exist?
• The newest trend
• Between 1995 and 2005, treatment admissions for
  prescription painkillers increased more than 300
  percent.

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Depressants

• Valium
• Xanax

• Side Effects
• Loss of coordination
• Breathing problems
• Low blood pressure
• Slurred speech
• Poor concentration
• Feelings of confusion
• Coma
• Death

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Stimulants

• Side Effects
• Increased heart and respiratory rates
• Excessive sweating
• Vomiting
• Tremors
• Anxiety
• Hostility, convulsions
• Sudden cardiac death

• Ritalin
• Adderall

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Painkillers

• Vicodin
• OxyContin
• Percocet

• Signs and Symptoms
• Drowsiness
• Inability to concentrate
• Apathy
• Lack of energy
• Constricted pupils
• Flushing
• Constipation
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Respiratory distress

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OTC cough and cold medicines

• Aches
• Seizures
• Panic attacks
• Psychosis
• Euphoria
• Cold flashes
• Dizziness
• Diarrhea

• Signs and Symptoms
• Impaired judgment
• Nausea
• Loss of coordination
• Headache
• Vomiting
• Loss of consciousness
• Numbness of fingers and toes
• Abdominal pain
• Irregular heartbeat

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Energy Drinks A Red Bull Study

• Just one can of the popular stimulant energy
  drink Red Bull can increase the risk of heart
  attack or stroke, even in young people. The
  caffeine-loaded beverage, popular with university
  students and adrenaline sport fans to give them
  "wings", caused the blood to become sticky, a
  pre-cursor to cardiovascular problems such as
  stroke.
• "One hour after they drank Red Bull, (their blood
  systems) were no longer normal. They were
  abnormal like we would expect in a patient with
  cardiovascular disease," Scott Willoughby, lead
  researcher from the Cardiovascular Research
  Centre at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, told the
  Australian newspaper.

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For the parents of teensHow can you prevent
this from happening in your home?
http//www.theantidrug.com/drug_info/prescription_
dangerZones.asp

• Safeguard all drugs at home. Monitor quantities
  and control access.
• Set clear rules for teens about all drug use,
  including not sharing medicine and always
  following the medical provider's advice and
  dosages.
• Be a good role model by following these same
  rules with your own medicines.
• Properly conceal and dispose of old or unused
  medicines in the trash.
• Ask friends and family to safeguard their
  prescription drugs as well.