The College shall take appropriate sanctions and remedies in accordance with its policies. The provisions of this section are applicable to students who are employees of the College. If the employee is under a federal contract or grant, the College shall notify the contracting agency or granting agency of the conviction and of its actions. Bluefield College, therefor, conducts regular programs to educate its students, faculty, and staff that consumption and use of drugs may alter behavior, distort perception, impair thinking, impede judgement, and lead to dependence. Alcohol and drug abuse may also result in aggression, hallucinations, depressions, disorientation, and psychosis.
Alcohol consumption causes a number of marked changes in behavior.
Even low doses significantly impair the judgement and coordination required driving a car safely, increasing the likelihood that the driver will be involved in an accident. Low to moderate doses of alcohol also increase the incidence of a variety of aggressive acts, including spouse and child abuse. Moderate to high doses of alcohol cause marked impairments in higher mental functions, mentally altering a person's ability to learn and remember information. Very high doses cause respiratory depression and death. If combined with other depressants of the central nervous system, much lower doses of alcohol will produce the effects just described.