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DRUGS
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Marijuana is the most common drug
on campus, Boynton said, but
University police see various other
drugs “We come in contact oc
casionally with methaqualone, PCP, a
little cocaine every now and then We
touch a little of all of it from time to
time, some of it in very, very small
amounts," he said. “Some of it is more
plentiful Marijuana is the leader
without a doubt ”
One University student, who asked
not to be identified, agreed with
Boynton's evaluation of the campus
drug situation.
“I just know marijuana was never as
easy to come by in my hometown or
anywhere else till I came here, because
everybody's got connections,” he said
It is those "connections" that
Boynton said the police are trying to
combat
“We can’t control what a student does
if he lives in Clarke County We can’t
control what a student does if he lives in
the city of Athens, but we can control or
at least attempt to control that
student's activities while he's on
campus, and that’s where we con
centrate our efforts as far as drugs are
concerned," Boynton said
Drugs get to the University campus
in various ways, Boynton said
“There are hard dealers, known
dealers operating in the northeast
Georgia area The entire American
population these days is very mobile, so
it's not far-fetched that a person could
leave class at 3 p m and make a buy 50
miles away from here by 5 p m and be
back at 7 p m to do some drugs," he
said
“Many deals are made in the area,
which is quite evident with the number
of drug arrests in past months in Clarke
County "
On Feb 15 and 16, Athens, Winder
and Jackson County police arrested 41
people, including four University
students, on drug charges following a
six-month investigation.
The University police maintain
"close contact," Boynton said, with city
and county drug officers in this area
The University police consider
education essential to preventing drug
abuse. Boynton said
The police are conducting “walk
through” investigations of the dor
mitories, Boynton said "We will walk
through We will make ourselves visible
from the standpoint of actually
physically being there," he said "We
will do this with uniformed officers and
with officers that are in business-suit
attire We re not trying to be sub
versive, covert or anything like that."
University detectives formerly
worked only during business hours, but
since the indecent exposure arrests last
November at Peabody Hall, detectives
have been assigned shifts at night in
order to conduct walk-throughs and
patrols, Brown said
In fiscal 1978, University police
arrested 27 people on drug charges and
registered 34 complaints In fiscal 1979,
they arrested 31 people on drug charges
and filed 31 complaints. In 1980, arrests
and complaints slipped to 16 and 13
respectively, which Brown called
"really low ”
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John was sent to the drug
referral program sponsored
by the University police,
which educates students
about the consequence of
drug use and attempts to
deter its use. The drug
referral program is only one
aspect of the University
police drug education
program that includes
lectures and programs
presented to Greek
organizations, dorm
councils, student
organizations and the
housing staff.
The drug referral
program, begun in the early
1970s, is conducted by Det
Sgt. Edward McGinty. The
purpose of the half-hour
counseling session is “not to
pump people for in
formation” but to educate
students about the legal and
health aspects of drugs and
drug use, McGinty said.
One way students become
involved in the program is
through arrest or referral by
an officer. Students also
enter the program when
their drug problems are
reported by other students,
or when a housing staff
member reports that they
are engaging in drug ac
tivity.
The Student Judiciary can
also refer students found
guilty of violating University
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drug regulations to the
program, said Bill
Bracewell, University
director of Judicial
Programs. Bracewell,
however, said students
usually see the police first
and are subsequently
referred to the Judiciary
Twenty-five students,
summoned for drug
violations, have faced the
student court since the
beginning of fall quarter this
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marijuana, he said
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as a penalty for a drug
violation, Bracewell said.
“I think some students
think smoking marijuana is
not wrong. There are laws on
the books and regulations in
the University Handbook
that say otherwise,”
Bracewell said.
John was not arrested
because he committed no
crime, nor did he violate any
University regulations. The
act of taking John’s ID was
justified, according to
University Police Sgt. David
Brown, because the ID is
University property and can
be confiscated by a
University official, Brown
said.
During fiscal 1981, 70
students went through the
drug program. An average
of five to seven students per
month participate in the
program, McGinty said.
The number of students
being referred to the drug
program has increased
recently, McGinty said He
attributed the increase to a
"greater understanding" of
the program on the part of
the housing staff.
“I was really scared of an
interrogation or something,”
John said. “I thought they
were going to ask me about
connections or something
like that. The big reason I
was brought in there was to
give me that first chance,”
he added.
that’s
convince me, and
pretty convincing.
“He told me ‘you don’t
want to ruin your life. You’re
here to get an education, not
just to have a good time’ and
I was pretty much agreeing.
I was pretty scared — he
said he wasn't a priest and
he wasn’t a doctor (who
was) gonna tell me how it
affects my health or all this
stuff. He just wanted to try to
convince me that it’s just not
worth it,” John said.
“You don't have to be an
expert to tell someone
they’re going down the
wrong road,” McGinty said,
adding that he acquired his
drug knowledge from police
training and general
reading.
“1 give them (students)
enough information to
decide — they suffer for
their decision one way or
another, criminally or
physically," he said.
“He brought me in there
and explained all the laws to
me — what's a misdemeanor
and how it’s punishable by
up to a year in jail and/or
$1,000. He was trying to
McGinty said he does not
know how effective the drug
referral program is. “Some
kids come through a second
time,” he said. “1 can only
spend a little time with
someone trying to help them.
Some don’t care — you write
them off. Let them go to
jail,"
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