Attitudes and laws relating to the use of marijuana for both
recreational and medicinal purposes are changing around the country,
leaving college administrators questioning whether the time has come to
reconsider their institutions' policies and practices concerning
marijuana use by their students. The changing marijuana landscape that
college and university administrators see is characterized by a new
reality which includes:
- Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia, which currently have laws legalizing marijuana
- A handful of states that have already legalized the recreational use of marijuana
- Decriminalization of the possession of small amounts of marijuana by a growing number of states and municipalities
- Nearly two-dozen states, which have medical marijuana laws allowing for the limited use of marijuana
- Courts that have begun wrestling with what all these new laws may in fact mean
- Last,
but hardly least, the U.S. Department of Justice, which has issued a
series of memoranda outlining its revamped approach to enforcement of
federal drug laws where marijuana is concerned.
How
should colleges and universities respond to this revolution? Should they
be reexamining their drug and alcohol policies? Should student
marijuana use be treated the same as alcohol violations or as a federal
crime? Does the Americans with Disabilities Act impact how to deal with
students with disabilities, who may wish to use medicinal marijuana?
What role do FERPA and the Clery Act play in the mix?
Please join
Dr. James Ottavio Castagnera as he offers guidance on these and other
questions that university administrators need to consider when reviewing
their policies and practices concerning the student use of marijuana.
In addition Dr. Castagnera will also examine the myths and realities of
drug-driving, the academic impact of marijuana use, medical effects and
health impacts, and the relationship between recreational use and
drug-dealing on our campuses.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Just a sampling of what this webinar will cover:
- The states that have legalized marijuana for recreational use and/or medical use; and what these new laws really mean
- A review of the current policies of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education
- How the Americans with Disabilities Act figures into the equation
- Consideration of what happened to the Drug Free Workplace Act
- Evolving
university policies in states that have legalized recreational
marijuana use; in states that have legalized medical use; in states with
no legalization
- Safety and health issues involving marijuana
use including: drug driving; campus drug dealing and related crimes;
health & medical effects; academic impacts
- FERPA and parental notification issues
- CLERY Act implications
- AND MUCH MORE!
YOUR CONFERENCE LEADER
Your
conference leader for “Marijuana Revolution: How Higher Education Is
Adjusting to a Shifting Landscape” is Dr. James Ottavio Castagnera. Dr.
Castagnera holds a law degree and a Ph.D. in American studies from Case
Western Reserve University. Jim brings three decades of experience in
higher education to this webinar. Prior to law school he served Case
Western Reserve as director of university communication. He went on to
teach as a full-time faculty member at the University of Texas-Austin
and the Widener University Law School, and as a lecturer at the
University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Business School. Currently, and for
the past 19 years, he has been Rider University’s associate provost and
legal counsel. His diverse duties include risk management, regulatory
matters, faculty and student disciplinary cases, international student
and study abroad programs, intellectual property, litigation management,
governance and institutional policies. He is the author of 19 books,
including the
Handbook for Student Law for Higher Education Administrators (Peter Lang, 2010, revised edition 2014).
His
teaching experience includes continuing legal education courses,
webinars and presentations at numerous national forums, including the
Annual Conference of the National Center for the Study of Collective
Bargaining in Higher Education and the Annual Homeland Defense and
Security Higher Education Summit sponsored by the Naval Postgraduate
School.
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