To: Steve Moran, Steven Mencarini, and William Anderson
Guilford College Administration: Expand medical amnesty for students that need help!
Guilford College, long known to students and alum as a place that cares deeply about the health and well-being of their students has continued to deny the expansion of medical amnesty to students in need.
Over the summer, the Guilford administration sought to re-write our medical amnesty policy. While they did expand protection for reporting students to include drugs other than alcohol, there is continued resistance regarding medical amnesty for students undergoing drug or alcohol related emergencies. In other words, the updated policy offers little change from previous policies.
This isn't an issue of legality - North Carolina law permits such medical amnesty programs and schools around the country are beginning to change their policies to reflect a more humane approach to dealing with alcohol and drug related emergencies. This policy change is sorely needed since students afraid of judicial consequences will often resist asking for help when they need it.
Tell the Guilford College administration to stop with the games with the health and safety of students and adopt a COMPREHENSIVE medical amnesty plan.
Over the summer, the Guilford administration sought to re-write our medical amnesty policy. While they did expand protection for reporting students to include drugs other than alcohol, there is continued resistance regarding medical amnesty for students undergoing drug or alcohol related emergencies. In other words, the updated policy offers little change from previous policies.
This isn't an issue of legality - North Carolina law permits such medical amnesty programs and schools around the country are beginning to change their policies to reflect a more humane approach to dealing with alcohol and drug related emergencies. This policy change is sorely needed since students afraid of judicial consequences will often resist asking for help when they need it.
Tell the Guilford College administration to stop with the games with the health and safety of students and adopt a COMPREHENSIVE medical amnesty plan.
Why is this important?
If you believe that students should be able to call for help without risking judicial consequences (a right that is given to students at schools across the country) then sign this petition to tell the administration to take the health and safety of students seriously!