The University places a high priority on the positive growth and wellness of its students. Substance abuse is considered a significant impediment to these goals as well as to the mission of the University and its foundational Jesuit values.
Students struggling with substance abuse are strongly encouraged to seek counseling or other professional help. The Counseling Center may be able to provide these services or will provide referral for students to specialty agencies outside Rockhurst as appropriate. Students should be assured that information shared with a University professional is considered privileged and subject to the standards of confidentiality and privacy established by applicable professional codes of ethics.
Rockhurst University considers the use, possession, cultivation, production, sale, distribution, transfer, manufacture and purchase of any illegal or controlled substance to be unacceptable behavior and incompatible with its educational values and objectives. The use of prescribed medications by persons for whom the medications were not prescribed or not in conformity with the prescription, distribution or transfer of prescription medication to others, the misuse or abuse of prescribed or over-the-counter medications, and the misuse or abuse of inhalants too are violations of this policy. Rockhurst University expects compliance with all local, state, and federal laws governing illegal drugs, prescribed medications, and non-prescribed drugs and substances.
Students who abuse or misuse substances will be subject to disciplinary action as described in the Student Code of Conduct. The University considers violation of this policy a serious offense and misuse or abuse of substances may result in disciplinary proceedings with potential sanctions including, but not limited to, probation, suspension and expulsion from the University.
Rockhurst University, in accord with its Jesuit tradition, values the safety, health, and wellness of its students and the entire Rockhurst campus community. Students who seek help for substance misuse or abuse on their own initiative and not because of an incident involving harm to self or others, a report of potential abuse by others, or discovery by Rockhurst officials or governmental agents, will be referred to the Counseling Center or specialty agency outside of Rockhurst for assessment and treatment without disciplinary action.