Policy No.: 4041 Board Approved: March 20, 2007 Revised: June 24, 2014
STUDENT DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE POLICY
I. Statement of the College: The College, recognizing that drug and alcohol abuse present serious threats to individual health and community safety, strives to maintain a campus free from the illegal use and abuse of alcohol, and from the use, possession or distribution of illegal drugs. Drugs and Alcohol will not be allowed to interfere with student learning or extra-curricular activities. The College strictly enforces state and federal laws that prohibit illegal drug and alcohol use, such as the Federal-Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, the Federal Drug-Free Schools and Community Act Amendments of 1989, and the drug and alcohol abuse policies of the Maryland Higher Education Commission. All HCC students are covered by this Drug and Alcohol Abuse Policy. Some College programs or activities, such as nursing or intercollegiate athletics, may have additional “drug free” requirements externally and/or internally imposed on students. II. Definitions: A. Alcohol means alcohol, brandy, whiskey, rum, gin, cordial, beer, ale, porter, stout,wine, cider, and any other spirituous, vinous malt or fermented liquor, liquid, or compound, by whatever name called, containing one half of one percent or more by alcohol by volume, which may be ingested. B. Drug means: 1. Substances recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them; and 2. Substances intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals; and 3. Substances (other than food) intended to affect the structure of any function of the body of man or other animals; and 4. Substances intended for use as a component of any article specified in clause 1, 2, or 3 of this paragraph; but does not include devices or their components, parts, oraccessories. C. Drug includes: A controlled dangerous substance that is regulated under the Maryland Controlled Dangerous Substances Act; A prescription medication used or dispensed improperly or in contradiction to the prescription; or A chemical substance when used for unintended and harmful purposes.
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