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Policy Distribution

Student Distribution

˿����Ƶ Tech distributes these policies which relate to alcohol and other drug use in a variety of ways to the student body. Specifically:

• The Dean of Students sends an e-mail to all students at the beginning of the academic school year in regard to maintaining a drug-free educational environment. Included in this notification are a copy of the ˿����Ƶ Tech Controlled Substance Policy (OREGON TECH-30-033), which includes a list of sanctions, and health risks associated with use or abuse of specific drugs.    
• The Director of Human Resources sends an e-mail to all students, faculty, and staff at the beginning of each term which outlines the Drug-free Campus policies, and provides links to resources.
• The Student Code of Conduct is available to all students on the ˿����Ƶ Tech webpage. 
• The Registrar’s Office distributes a message during the fifth week of fall term, after registration has closed.  This e-mail to all students notifies them where they can find certain information, including drug and alcohol policies and sanctions.  There is a direct link to the website information. 
• New students are given the ˿����Ƶ Tech Student Academic Planner, which includes policies regarding drug-free campus, marijuana possession and use, possession of alcoholic beverages, as well as the smoke and tobacco-free campus.
• Students at each Orientation (Fall, Winter, and Spring) are provided information about the student Code of Conduct as well as other substance use policies.
• Residence Life training for the Resident Assistant student leaders is implemented annually, during which substance abuse policies are reviewed.
• The New Student Orientation team (NSO team) and Associated Students of ˿����Ƶ (ASOIT) program leaders attend an annual training to help them understand policies and procedures. 

Faculty and Staff Distribution

Similarly, ˿����Ƶ Tech distributes policies which relate to alcohol and other drug use in a variety of ways to the institution employees. Specifically,

• The Drug-free Campus Policy Notice (which overviews the policy, 30-034) is issued annually via individual ˿����Ƶ Tech e-mail to all faculty and staff. 
• Notice of policies for faculty and staff and the web-based location of ˿����Ƶ Tech’s policies and information pages are presented during new employee orientation sessions, which are required of new faculty and staff, regardless of their start date.
• All substance abuse policies are included in the Adjunct Faculty handbook.  Additionally, these policies are reviewed annually in the mandatory Advisor training, which all new faculty must attend.
• The Human Resources office maintains all institutional policies and procedures on the departmental webpage at  /faculty-staff/human-resources/policies

Health Risks Associated with Use of Drugs and Alcohol

According to the , the following are potential health risks which can occur as a result of drug and alcohol use:

Drug and Alcohol Counseling Resources

˿����Ƶ Tech students who have paid the Student Health Fee (automatically assessed if registered for 6 or more on-campus credits), are able to seek confidential drug and alcohol assessment and counseling at the Integrated Student Health Center. Faculty and staff are eligible for drug and alcohol counseling through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Additionally, in Klamath Falls, community resources that may provide substance abuse counseling and assessment can be found on this page: KF Community Resources. In Portland-Metro, similar community resources are located here: PM Community Resources.

˿����Ƶ Tech Drug and Alcohol Prevention Program

In compliance with the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (DFSCA) and Part 86 of the Department of Education's General Administrative Regulations, ˿����Ƶ Tech re-evaluates its Drug and Alcohol Prevention Program (DAAPP) every other year. This Biennial Review, authored by the Substance Abuse Commission, can be found at the bottom of this page, under "File Downloads/ ˿����Ƶ Tech Biennial Review"). As a summary, the key components are summarized here:
* Environmental Model: ˿����Ƶ Tech has implemented an environmental prevention approach as suggested by best practice research. Although seminal in nature (having been developed in the early 2000’s), the environmental model has been consistently confirmed by research as having an impact upon college student substance abuse. The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has encouraged institutions of higher education to include a combination of both environmental and individual strategies in their DAAPPs. Environmental aspects of the ˿����Ƶ Tech DAAPP include supporting alcohol-free options, creating a normative environment, limiting alcohol availability, reducing the marketing and promotion of alcohol, and developing and enforcing institutional policies.

* Individual Approaches: As is consistent with the most recent best practices research according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, ˿����Ƶ Tech has also included individual approaches in its DAAPP in order to target high-risk student populations. The two most widely implemented prevention programs  qualify as having “Higher Effectiveness” according to the NIAAA Alcohol Intervention Matrix; meaning, that 75% or more of studies which investigated these types of interventions found them to have a positive impact. Specifically, ˿����Ƶ Tech implemented a skills-training program which included intention-setting (Choose Well), and an on-line education program specific to student athletes. Further, the counseling staff at the Integrated Student Health Center employed brief motivational interviewing when working with substance abusing students (a strategy deemed to be have “Moderate Effectiveness” by NIAAA, as between 50% and 74% of studies researching this technique showed positive impact upon college student substance use.