The Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988 and the Drug Free Schools and Communities
Act of 1989 recognize that all employees, faculty, and students have the right to a workplace and educational environment that is drug free. On a more personal level, we are also committed to providing individuals with counseling, referral, or rehabilitation programs for drug and alcohol abuse. As a result of these acts, Columbia College Chicago is required to review college policy regarding drug and alcohol abuse and communicate this policy and the mandates of the acts. While it is not our intention to intrude into your private life, we hold unalterably that an individual's involvement with substance abuse, whether on or off campus, has an impermissible impact on the college's environment, and is an entirely justifiable institutional concern. Please read the following policy carefully, it will be strictly enforced.