Other effects of alcohol abuse may be behavioral changes and self-destructive urges. Central nervous system damage may include poor vision, memory loss, loss of sensation and coordination, brain damage and seizures. Heart trouble may include high blood pressure, irregular heart beat, angina or a heart attack. Malnutrition may also result from alcohol abuse. Overdose may result in heart stops, coma or death.
Memory loss can be permanent.
The University of San Francisco has a Substance Abuse Prevention Program. For employees, the Office of Personnel Services has instituted the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program. The programs, preventive in nature, reflect our reaction to violations of the alcohol and drug policy in what we believe to be an educative versus a punitive manner. Education and prevention are emphasized as the means of acquainting students with the dangers of substance abuse and to assist them in making mature and responsible decisions for their personal lives. These efforts actually work in concert to support our overall drug and alcohol education program.