SPEAK UPDISCRIMINATION, DRUGS, AND ALCOHOL:

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

 

WHAT DOES TITLE IX COVER?

• SEXUAL MISCONDUCT

• SEXUAL HARASSMENT

• GENDER DISCRIMINATION

• RETALIATION FOR REPORTING ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION LIST ABOVE

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW? 

• IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW AT THREE RIVERS HAS EXPERIENCED ANY OF THE PROHIBITED BEHAVIORS LISTED ABOVE, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO FILE AN INTERNAL COMPLAINT WITH THE COLLEGE

• THERE ARE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT AVAILABLE TO ALL THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS

TITLE IX (1972)

“NO PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES SHALL, ON THE BASIS OF SEX, BE EXCLUDED FROM PARTICIPATION IN, OR DENIED THE BENEFITS OF, OR BE SUBJECTED TO DISCRIMINATION UNDER ANY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID.” (SECTION 1681.SEX)

REPORTING OPTIONS

COMPLIANCE OFFICER

ANN MATTHEWS, DEAN OF STUDENT SERVICES

WESTOVER ROOM 103 PH: 573-840-9669

AMATTHEWS@TRCC.EDU

KRISTINA MCDANIEL, HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR

WESTOVER ROOM 111 PH: 573-840-9695

KRISTINAMCDANIEL@TRCC.EDU

PUBLIC SAFETY

PH: 573-840-9713

ANY THREE RIVERS STAFF OF FACULTY

RESOURCES AND EDUCATION

Missouri Commission for Human Rights

United States Department of Education

Office of Civil Rights

United States Department of Justice

3315 W. Truman Blvd, Jefferson City, MO 65109

400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20202

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

20530

(573) 751-3325 1-800-872-5327 (202) 514-2000

DRUG & ALCOHOL PREVENTION AT THREE RIVERS COLLEGE

STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLY WITH LOCAL AND STATE LAWS PERTAINING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND ILLEGAL DRUGS.

STUDENTS ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED FROM ENGAGING IN THE FOLLOWING ON COLLEGE PROPERTY, AT COLLEGE SPONSORED

STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS, DURING THREE RIVERS APPROVED CLASSES, FIELD TRIPS AND OTHER OFF CAMPUS ACTIVITIES.

• MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, SALE, POSSESSION, CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND ILLEGAL DRUGS.

• USE OR TRANSPORTATION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND ILLEGAL DRUGS.

• POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.

• POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTAINERS.  

APPLICABLE LEGAL SANCTIONS UNDER STATE, LOCAL, AND FEDERAL LAW CAN

INCLUDE: • FORFEITURE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE.

• FINES.

• REVOCATION OF DRIVER’S LICENSE.

• PROBATION.

• PAROLE.

• IMPRISONMENT.

• MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES.

• DEPORTATION FOR NON-US CITIZENS.  

FEDERAL AND STATE STATUTES

• A FEDERAL TRAFFICKING PENALTIES WEBSITE, OBTAINED FROM THE U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION IS HTTP://WWW.JUSTICE.GOV/DEA/DRUGINFO

• A COMPLETE LISTING OF ILLEGAL MISSOURI SUBSTANCES, HOW THEY ARE PLACED ON THE SCHEDULE AND ADDITIONAL DRUG INFORMATION, AND DRUG REGULATIONS CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTP://WWW.MOGA.MO.GOV/STATUTES/

HEALTH RISKS

• HIV INFECTION WITH INTRAVENOUS DRUG USE.

• HEART ATTACK.

• STROKE.

• SUDDEN DEATH/OVER DOSE.

• HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

• LEAKS OF BLOOD VESSELS IN THE BRAIN.

• BLEEDING AND DESTRUCTION OF BRAIN CELLS.

• POSSIBLE MEMORY LOSS.

• INFERTILITY.

• IMPOTENCY.

• IMMUNE SYSTEM IMPAIRMENT.

• KIDNEY FAILURE.

• CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER.

• PULMONARY DAMAGE.

• DRUG USE DURING PREGNANCY MAY RESULT IN FETAL DAMAGE AND BIRTH DEFECTS CAUSING HYPERACTIVITY, NEUROLOGICAL ABNORMALITIES, AND DEVELOPMENTAL DIFFICULTIES.

• SOLUTIONS TAKEN TO MASK THE USE OF DRUGS OFTEN HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS TO THE HEALTH AS WELL.

• CONSUMING TOO MUCH CREAM OF TARTAR CAN LEAD TO KIDNEY FAILURE AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE.

• CONSUMING TOO MUCH VINEGAR CAN RESULT IN DIABETES AND ERODE TOOTH ENAMEL.

• OTHER SOLUTIONS MAY HAVE SIDE EFFECTS AS WELL.

TREATMENT PROGRAMS

THERE IS NO AVAILABLE ON-CAMPUS COUNSELING.

LOCALLY, COUNSELING AND REFERRAL ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES WHO ARE TROUBLED BY ALCOHOL OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS IS PROVIDED BY SOLID ROCK COUNSELING SERVICES.

PLEASE CALL ANN MATTHEWS, DEAN OF STUDENT SERVICES, FOR REFERRAL TO COUNSELING.

OFFICE LOCATED AT WESTOVER ROOM 103, POPLAR BLUFF, MO 63901.

PHONE NUMBER—573-840-9669.

ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS BIENNIAL REVIEW

THREE RIVERS COLLEGE COMPILES A BIENNIAL REVIEW OF THE COLLEGE ALCOHOL AND DRUG POLICY AND INITIATIVES. 

THE BIENNIAL REVIEW INCLUDES: FOUNDATIONAL BELIEF, A REVIEW OF POLICY, ANNUAL NOTIFICATION, GOALS, STATISTICAL REPORTING ELEMENTS, ENFORCEMENT/SANCTION CONSISTENCY, AOD CAMPUS EFFORTS, MEASURED EFFECTIVENESS OF THE POLICY AND PROGRAMS THROUGH A SWOT ANALYSIS, AND IDENTIFIED IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE. 

HTTP://TRCC.EDU/FORMS/POLICIESREGS/GAP1206.PDF

HTTP://TRCC.EDU/FORMS/POLICIESREGS/GAP1210.PDF

FIRST-TIME VIOLATORS

FIRST-TIME VIOLATORS OF THE COLLEGE’S SUBSTANCE ABUSE POLICIES ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND A SUBSTANCE ABUSE EDUCATION CLASS AS PART OF THE DISCIPLINARY PROCESS.