DRUG-FREE ENVIRONMENT AND DRUG PREVENTION PROGRAM
The District is committed to providing its employees with a drug free workplace and campus environment.  It emphasizes prevention and intervention through education.

Prohibition of Drugs

The unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession or use of alcohol or any controlled substance is prohibited on District property, during District-sponsored field trips, activities or workshops, and in any facility or vehicle operated by the District.

Violation of this prohibition will result in appropriate action up to and including termination of employment, expulsion, and referral for prosecution, or, as permitted by law, may require satisfactory participation in an alcohol or drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program. 

As a condition of employment, employees must notify the District within five days of any conviction for violating a criminal drug statute while in the workplace.  The District is required to inform any agencies that require this drug-free policy within ten days after receiving notice of a workplace drug conviction.

Student Safety

The District shall provide, as part of established campus orientations, educational and preventive information provided by the State Department of Public Health about opioid overdose and information about the use and location of fentanyl test strips and opioid overdose reversal medication to students at all campuses.  The District will notify students of the presence and location of fentanyl test strips through a method such as email.

Each campus health center shall apply to distribute dosages of a federally approved opioid overdose reversal medication and participate in the Naloxone Distribution Project administered by the State Department of Health Care Services.  Upon approval to distribute dosages of a federal approved opioid overdose reversal medication and participation in the Naloxone Distribution Project, each campus health center will distribute a federally approved opioid overdose reversal medication obtained through the Naloxone Distribution Project.  Each campus health center will also stock fentanyl test strips in the campus health center and distribute the fentanyl test strips through the campus health center.  The campus health center will distribute written instructions on how to properly use the fentanyl test strips together with the fentanyl test strips.