Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention
Central Wyoming College has the responsibility of maintaining an educational environment conducive to academic achievement and of assisting students to be successful. CWC recognizes that the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs interferes with students’ educational goals and, therefore, is committed to facilitating a drug free learning environment. Students, faculty and staff will have access to alcohol and other drug education. As well as educating the college community, CWC has very stringent policies governing the use of alcohol and other drugs on campus or at CWC-sponsored activities.
In addition, students should be aware that according to the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Section 5301) students who receive federal financial aid (e.g., Pell Grant, Stafford Loans) must certify that they will not engage in the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensation, possession or use of a controlled substance during the period covered by the aid. If students are convicted of drug distribution or possession, the court may suspend their eligibility for Title IV Financial Aid.
Criminal Sanctions for Alcohol Offenses
Local Laws
Offense: Possession of alcohol by minors
Sanction: Up to $750 fine and/or 6 months in jail.
Offense: Consumption, actual possession, or constructive possession of alcoholic liquor or malt beverages by minors
Sanction: Up to $750 fine and/or 6 months in jail.
Offense: Public intoxication for minors; public intoxication for all others
Sanction: Up to $750 fine and/or 6 months in jail.
Offense: Consumption from or possession of an open container in public
Sanction: Up to $750 fine and/or 6 months in jail.
Offense: Consumption from or possession of an open container while operating a motor vehicle
Sanction: Up to $750 fine and/or 6 months in jail.
Offense: Driving under the influence
Sanction: Up to $750 fine and/or 6 months in jail.
Offense: Delivery of alcohol to a minor
Sanction: Up to $750 fine and/or 6 months in jail.
State Laws
Offense: Skiing while impaired (W.S. 6-9-301)
Sanction: Up to $750 fine and/or 20 days in jail.
Offense: Delivery or sale of alcohol to minors (W.S. 12-6-101)
Sanction: Up to $750 fine and/or 6 months in jail.
Offense: Transportation or possession of alcohol with intent to deliver to minors in motor vehicles (W.S. 12-6-102)
Sanction: Up to $1,000 fine and/or 1 year in jail. (More severe penalties for second offenders)
Offense: Purchase of alcohol using false ID (W.S. 12-6-101c)
Sanction: Up to $750 fine and/or 6 months in jail.
Offense: Minor in dispensing room (W.S. 12-5-203a)
Sanction: Up to $750 fine and/or 6 months in jail.
Offense: Minor in possession of alcohol (W.S. 12-6-101b)
Sanction: Up to $750 fine and/or 6 months in jail.
Offense: Driving under the influence (W.S. 31-5-233)
Sanction: Same as DUI for drug charges.
Offense: Aggravated homicide by vehicle (W.S. 6-2-106bi)
Sanction: Up to $10,000 fine and/or 20 years’ imprisonment and/or revocation of driver’s license.
Offense: Operating a watercraft under the influence (W.S. 41-13-206)
Sanction: Same as DUI for drug charges.
Offense: Unlawful operation of vehicle by youthful driver with detectable alcohol concentration (W.S. 31-5-234)
Sanction: Person younger than 21 years of age with 0.02% alcohol concentration results in license suspension or denial.
Offense: Consumption and possession of alcoholic beverages in opened containers by operator of vehicle prohibited (W.S. 31-5-235)
Sanction: Up to $500 fine and/or 6 months in jail.
Criminal Sanctions for Drug Offenses
Local Laws
Offense: Use, Possession or Sale of Controlled Substances
Sanction: Up to $750 fine and/or 6 months in jail.
Offense: Driving Under the Influence
Sanction: Up to $750 fine and/or 6 months in jail.
Offense: Driving under the influence
Sanction: Up to $750 fine and 6 months in jail.
State Laws
Offense: Delivery of, or possession with intent to deliver, drug paraphernalia (W.S. 35-7-1056)
Sanction: Up to $750 fine and/or 6 months in jail.
Offense: Delivery of drug paraphernalia to a minor (W.S. 35-7-1057)
Sanction: Up to $2,500 fine and/or 5 years in jail.
Offense: Possession, manufacture or delivery of controlled substances (W.S. 35-7-1031)
Sanction: Up to $25,000 fine and/or 20 years in jail, depending upon the type of substance. (Double penalties for second offenders.)
Offense: Distribution by person over 18 years of age to person under 18 years of age and three years younger (W.S. 35-76-1036)
Sanction: Up to double the penalties of W.S. 35-7-1031.
Offense: Driving under the influence (W.S. 31-5-233)
Sanction: Up to $750 fine and/or 6 months in jail and/or revocation of driver’s license. (More severe penalties for repeat offenders and those causing bodily injury)
Offense: Using or being under the influence of controlled substances (W.S. 35-7-1039)
Sanction: Up to $100 fine and/or 90 days in jail. (Double penalties for second offenders.)
Offense: Possession or cultivation of marijuana, peyote or opium (W.S. 35-7-1040)
Sanction: Up to $1,000 fine and/or 90 days in jail. (Double penalties for second offenders.)
Federal Laws
Offense: Simple possession of controlled substances (21 USCS 844)
Sanction: Up to $5,000 fine and/or 1 year in jail. (More severe penalties for repeat offenders)
Offense: Distribution to person under 21 years of age, near or in schools and employment or use of person under 18 years of age in drug operations (21USCS 845)
Sanction: Up to $30,000 fine and/or life imprisonment.
Offense: Manufacture, distribution or possession with intent to distribute controlled substances or counterfeit controlled substances (21 USCS 841)
Sanction: Up to $2,000,000 fine and/or 40 years’ imprisonment. (More severe penalties for repeat offenders, those causing the death of another person or distributing to a person under 21 years of ages.)
| Drugs |
Trade or other names |
Physical Dependence |
Psychological Dependence |
Possible Effects |
Effects of Overdose |
Withdrawal Syndrome |
| Narcotics |
| Opium |
Dover’s Powder, Paregoric, Parepectolin |
High |
High |
Euphoria, drowsiness, respiratory depression, constricted pupils, nausea, tolerance develops. Slow and shallow breathing. Watery eyes, runny nose, yawning. |
Slow and Shallow breathing, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, possible death, loss of appetite, irritability. |
Watery eyes, runny nose, loss of appetite, tremors, panic, cramps, nausea, chills and sweating, possible death. |
| Morphine |
Morphine, MS-Contin, Roxanol, Roxanol-SR |
High |
High |
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| Codeine |
Tylenol w/Codeine, Empirin w/Codeine, |
Moderate |
Moderate |
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| Heroin |
Diacetylmorphine, Horse, Smack |
High |
High |
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| Hydromorphine |
Dilaudid |
High |
High |
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| Meperidine |
Demerol, Mepergan |
High |
High |
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| Methadone |
Dolophine, Methadone, Methadose |
High |
High-Low |
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| Other |
Numorphan, Percodan, Percocet, Tylox, Tussionex, Fentanyl, Darvon, Lomotil, Talwin |
High-Low |
High-Low |
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| Depressants |
| Chloral Hydrate |
Noctec |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Slurred speech, disorientation, drunken without odor of alcohol, tolerance develops.
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Shallow respiration, clammy skin, dilated pupils weak and rapid pulse, coma, possible death.
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Anxiety, insomnia, tremors, behavior delirium, convulsions, possible death.
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| Barbiturates |
Amytal, Butisol, Florinal, Lotusate, Nembutal, Seconal, Tuinal, Phenobarbital |
High-Moderate |
High-Moderate |
| Benzodiazepines |
Ativan, Dalmane, Diazepam, Librium, Xanax, Serax |
Low |
High-Moderate |
| Methaqualone |
Quaalude |
High |
High-Moderate |
| Glutethimide |
Doriden |
High-Moderate |
High-Moderate |
| Other |
Equanil, Miltown, Noludar, Placidyl, Valmid |
High-Moderate |
Varies |
| Stimulants |
| Cocaine |
Coke, Flake, Snow, Crack |
High |
High |
Increased alertness, excitation, euphoria, increased pulse rate and blood pressure, insomnia, loss of appetite, tolerance develops.
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Agitation, increase in body temperature, hallucination, convulsions, possible death.
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Apathy, long periods of sleep, irritability, depression, disorientation.
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| Amphetamines |
Biphetamine, Delcobase, Desoxyn, Dexedrine, Obetrol |
High |
High |
| Methamphet-amine |
Crank, Speed, Go Fast |
High |
High |
| Phenmetrazine |
Preludin |
Possible |
High |
| Methylphenidate |
Ritalin |
Possible |
Moderate |
| Other |
Apidex, Cylert, Didrex, Ionamin, Melfiat, Pegine, Anorex, Tenuate, Tepanil, Prelu-2 |
Possible |
High |
| Hallucinogens |
| LSD |
Acid, Microdot |
None |
Unknown |
Illusions and hallucinations, poor perception time and distance, tolerance develops
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Longer, more intense “trip” episodes, psychosis, possible death.
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Withdrawal Syndromes not reported.
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| Mescaline and Peyote |
Amxc, Buttons, Cactus |
None |
Unknown |
| Variants |
2.5DMA, PMA, STP, MDA, MDMA, TMA, DOM, DOB, |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Phencyclidine |
PCP, Angel Dust, Hog |
Unknown |
High |
| Analogues |
PCE, PCP, PCPy, TCP, PCE, PCPy, TCP, |
High |
High |
| Other Hallucinogens |
Bufotenine, ibogsine, DMT, DEP, Psilocybin, PCE, PCPy, TCP |
High |
High |
| Cannabis |
| Marijuana |
Pot, Acapulco Gold, grass, reefer, sinsemilla, Thai sticks |
Unknown |
Moderate |
Euphoria, relaxed inhibitions, increased appetite, disoriented behavior, tolerance develops. |
Fatigue, paranoia, possible psychosis. |
Insomnia, hyperactivity and decreased appetite occasionally reported. |
| Tetrahydro-annabinol |
THC, Marinol |
Unknown |
Moderate |
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| Hashish |
Hash |
Unknown |
Moderate |
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| Hashish Oil |
Hash Oil |
Unknown |
Moderate |
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| Alcohol |
Malt Beverage is beer, 1/2 of 1% to 6% alcohol
Unfortified Wine is not more than 17% alcohol
Fortified Wine is wine of not more than 24% alcohol
Spirituous Liquor is distilled spirits or ethyl alcohol, including spirits of wine, whiskey, rum, brandy, gin, etc.
Mixed Beverage is a drink composed in whole or part of spirituous liquor and served at restaurants, hotels and private clubs licensed by the State. |
Psychologically and physically addictive; can lead to depression of the immune system; increased risk of heart disease, cancer, accidents, hypertension; damage to unborn fetus, impotence levels. Mothers who drink alcohol during pregnancy may give birth to infants with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
Very high doses cause respiratory failure and death. If combined with other depressants of the central nervous system, much lower dose of alcohol will produce the effects just described. |
Repeated use of alcohol can lead to dependence. Sudden cessation of alcohol intake is likely to produce withdrawal symptoms, including severe anxiety, tremors, hallucinations, and convulsions. Alcohol withdrawal can be life threatening. Long-term consumption of large quantities of alcohol, particularly when combined with poor nutrition, can also lead to permanent damage to vital organs such as the brain and the liver. |