The U of A encourages all members of the campus community to familiarize themselves with the annual Alcohol and Other Drug Policy notification.

The Drug-Free Schools and Campuses Regulations require that the University of Arkansas must certify that it has adopted and implemented a program to prevent the unlawful possession, use or distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol by students and employees. To comply with these certification requirements, the University of Arkansas Substance Abuse Prevention Program has compiled the following set of policies and other information for distribution to and review by all campus community members. 

The University of Arkansas is required by law to notify annually all students, faculty and staff regarding alcohol and other drug policies, sanctions and risks associated with substance use.

This notification provides the campus community with the following information:

1. Drug and Alcohol programs available to employees and/or students
2. Health risks associated with alcohol abuse and illicit drug use
3. Standards of conduct and disciplinary sanctions for students regarding alcohol and drug use
4. Arkansas Alcohol and Drug – Related Laws

Alcohol and Drug Programs Available to Students or Employees

At the University of Arkansas, we strive to provide a teaching and learning environment that supports healthy choices for living and fosters student and employee success. Included in the choices that confront everyone are decisions about the use of alcohol and other substances. If you or someone you know is being affected by alcohol or drug use, please use the recommended resources below.

Resources for Students

If you have any questions about the purpose of this notification or its content, please contact:

• Jennifer Morris, program coordinator for the Substance Education, Assessment, and Recovery (SEAR) Program, Medical Services, Pat Walker Health Center 2132, 479-575-2500 or sear@uark.edu.

Substance Education, Assessment, & Recovery

Substance Education, Assessment, and Recovery — available at 479-575-2500 — is dedicated to educating and empowering students to make informed decisions regarding alcohol and drug use and providing leadership and advocacy to enhance the wellness of the campus community. Learn more about SEAR services.

Counseling and Psychological Services

Counseling and Psychological Services — available at 479-575-5276 — is dedicated to addressing the challenges and difficulties students face. The services provided at CAPS are designed to help students understand themselves better, create and maintain satisfying relationships, improve their academic performance, and make healthy and satisfying career and life choices. To learn more about how to schedule an appointment or about the services offered at CAPS please visit CAPS website.

Razorback Recovery Community

The Razorback Recovery Community (RRC) seeks to provide an environment of support for students in or seeking recovery. The RRC aims at creating an environment where every student can find peer support as they navigate their college experience. The RRC Lounge is in Pat Walker Health Center Suite 2132 and is open to anyone looking for support. Please find more information at the Razorback Recovery website.

Razorbacks Offering Accountability Resources

The goal of the student organization Razorbacks Offering Accountability Resources (ROAR) is to create student-led initiatives (e.g., public service announcements, bystander intervention, engaging and interactive events and speakers, involvement with Greek life during alcohol awareness week and sober spring break) that reduce alcohol misuse and abuse behaviors among a variety of student populations. ROAR members will be involved in a campus-wide effort to help University of Arkansas’ students make better choices regarding alcohol usage.

SEAR Ambassadors

The main goal of the SEAR Ambassadors' student organization is to promote education, outreach, and harm reduction over substance use and abuse across the student, faculty, and staff population of the University of Arkansas and the City of Fayetteville. The SEAR Ambassadors will also act as a platform for interaction and training, service hours, and educational programming for substance use. For more information, please visit the SEAR Ambassadors website at https://health.uark.edu/sear/sear-ambassadors.php

END Overdose

The goal of the student organization END Overdose is to prevent drug-related overdose deaths through education, medical intervention, and public awareness. We aim to equip the community with life-saving tools, raise awareness of the opioid epidemic, and advocate for harm reduction policies. For more information, please visit the END Overdose site on Hogsync.

Resources for Faculty and Staff

Employee Assistance Program •1-800-542-6021 or 479-973-9072

The Employee Assistance Program provides confidential assistance to identify and resolve marital, family, financial, health, alcohol, drug, legal, emotional or stress-related problems, and address other personal concerns which may adversely affect employee job performance. The university contracts with the Employee Assistance Program to provide services, which are offered to benefits-eligible employees and their immediate family members at no cost.

Health Insurance Coverage for Treatment

UMR Health Insurance plans provide coverage for substance abuse treatment. Consult your medical plan for details. For questions or assistance, contact the Benefits section of Human Resources at 479-575-3717.

A. Resources for Students, Faculty or Staff

12-Step Programs

The University of Arkansas acknowledges the value of 12-step programs in attaining and maintaining a substance-free lifestyle. Schedules of meetings for Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous. Al-Anon meetings by visiting:

• AA meetings
• NA meetings
• Al-Anon meetings

B. Standards of Health Risks Associated With Alcohol Abuse and Illicit Drug Use

Commonly Abused Drugs

Nicotine

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

Alcohol (ethyl alcohol)

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

Marijuana

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

Hashish

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

Heroin

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

Opium

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

Cocaine

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

Amphetamine

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

Methamphetamine

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

MDMA

(methylenedioxy-methamphetamine)

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

Flunitrazepam

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

GHB

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

Ketamine

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

PHP and Analogs

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

Salvia Divinorum

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

Dextrmethorphan (DXM)

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

LSD

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

Mescaline

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

Psilocybin

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

Anabolic Steroids

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

Inhalants

Commercial/Street Names	Effects
Found in cigarettes, cigars, bidis, smokeless tobacco	Chronic lung disease; cardiovascular disease; stroke; cancers of the mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, cervix, kidney, bladder, and acute myeloid leukemia; adverse pregnancy outcomes; addiction; increased blood pressure and heart rate

*Associated with sexual assault

5-71-212 (a) A person commits the offense of public intoxication if he or she appears in a public place manifestly under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance to the degree and under circumstances such that he or she is likely to endanger himself or herself, other persons, or property, or that he or she unreasonably annoys persons in his or her vicinity.

(b) A person commits the offense of drinking in public if that person consumes any alcoholic beverages in any public place, on any highway or street, or upon any passenger coach, or in or upon any vehicle commonly used for the transportation of passengers, or other public place other than a place of business licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises.

First offense: Class C Misdemeanor: Jail time of no more than thirty (30) days; Fine of no more than $100
Second or subsequent offense: Same as first offense

27-16-302 It is a misdemeanor for any person: (1) To display, or permit to be displayed, or have in his or her possession any cancelled, revoked, suspended, fictitious, or fraudulently altered driver’s license; (2) To knowingly assist or permit any other person to apply for or obtain through fraudulent application or other illegal means any Arkansas driver’s license; (3) To lend his or her driver’s license to any other person or knowingly permit its use by another; (4) To display of represent as one’s own any driver’s license not issued to him or her; (5) To use a false or fictitious name in any application for a driver’s license, or to knowingly make a false statement, or to knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any application; (6) To permit any unlawful use of a driver’s license issued to him or her; or (7) To do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by this act.

First offense: Misdemeanor: Jail time to be determined by the court; Fine of no more than $500 Second offense: Same as first offense

5-65-103 (a) It is unlawful for any person who is intoxicated to operate or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle.

It is unlawful for any person to operate or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle if there was 0.10% or more by weight of alcohol in the person’s blood as determined by a chemical test.

First offense (penalties increase for subsequent offenses):

• License seized upon arrest
• License suspended – ninety (90) to one hundred twenty (120) days
• Fine of $100-$500
• Public service
• Alcohol and driving education program
• (No plea bargaining nor probation)

5-65-2002 (a) and 5-65-309 (a) Any person who operates a motor vehicle shall be deemed to have given consent to a chemical test of his or her blood, breath, or urine for the purpose of determining the alcohol or controlled substance content of his or her blood.

First offense:

• License seized upon arrest
• License suspended – one hundred eighty (180) days for DWI, ninety (90) to one hundred eighty (180) days for DUI