12.8 POLICY ON DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO
12.8.1 Purpose.
The purpose of this policy is to support the educational mission of the University with standards of personal health, moral integrity, and social consciousness, as well as to ensure that the provisions of the Drug Free Workplace Act are fully implemented. The policy is also intended to provide guidelines for members of the University community which are sensitive to the variety of Christian perspectives represented at the University, in the Free Methodist Church and in the community at large. The University is concerned with the role of faculty and staff as role models and seeks to respond to biblical wisdom by acknowledging the freedom of the Christian and declaring the Christian's need to be sensitive to others who may not affirm a similar position on the use of alcohol and/or tobacco.