These convictions could result in the loss of financial aid forever. In order to fight the law, nation wide resolutions by college students are being distributed to Congress, in hope that this law will be overturned. The majority of students on college campuses are not extremely concerned with there own welfare being in jeopardy if going to school with drug abusers. In a survey of 122 people I partook in at Clarkson University only 22 people had problems with going to school with drug offenders. In addition, when asked in the same survey whether the students agreed with financial restrictions only 18 voted yes.
Students are however extremely worried about the laws outcomes.
Students could be stripped of their financial aid or even expelled from school for being at the wrong places at the wrong times. A good example would be a fraternity hazing, which took place in Potsdam, N.Y. three years ago. A young kid snuck into the house during a party and consumed enough alcohol to pass out in a back room, where he died from swallowing his own vomit. All members of the fraternity present were charged with hazing and involuntary manslaughter. The students were subjected to an extensive punishment by the law, which included jail time, probation, and rehabilitation.