Talking Points

• Colleges should handle drug policy violations internally, rather than call the police on their students. When local, state, or federal law enforcement get involved, students are put at risk of going to court, being sent to jail, having to pay large fines, and losing their college financial aid because of drug convictions. These sanctions, of course, come in addition to any punishments levied by the college itself.
• Local police don’t have endless resources. They already have a hard enough time focusing on violent crime and property destruction. Why distract them and waste their time with minor drug infractions?
• Schools should have ample resources to handle drug and alcohol problems on their own. They don’t need outside agencies coming in and taking over.

Campaign Materials (please download these templates and edit as you see fit)

• letter-to-the-editor
• petition
• press release
• phone script
• student government resolution
• Campus Change Campaign Grassroots Guide (HTML) (PDF)