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Campus Security
Drug Policy - Main Campus
Every SMU student shall be responsible for compliance with all local, state, and federal laws regarding controlled substances including, but not limited to, their use, sale, distribution, possession, or manufacture. Violations of any local, state, or federal law regarding controlled substances may subject the person to disciplinary proceedings in the University Judicial System without regard to any proceedings in local, state, or federal courts.
When the standards of conduct regarding illicit drugs are violated, sanctions will be imposed by the appropriate judicial body. Possible sanctions include, but are not limited to, a fine, assignment to community service hours, notification of parents, probated suspension, time-frame suspension or expulsion.
Sanctions upon conviction in the criminal court system for possession, distribution or manufacture of controlled substances range from fines to probation to imprisonment. Amounts of fines, terms of probation or years of imprisonment generally are contingent upon the circumstances and amounts of drugs in possession, sale, distribution or manufacture.
University Education Programs
The Southern Methodist University Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, Education and Intervention Program philosophy is rooted on the premise that problems associated with the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs transcend individual responsibility. We believe that the community in which it occurs shares in the responsibility for its prevalence to the extent it accepts, condones and enables individual and group behavior that is supportive of the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs. An extension of this philosophy is the firm belief that communities have the responsibility to take ownership of the problem, identify effective responses and institutionalize these responses. It is within this philosophical framework that we developed the program at SMU.
Center for Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention
Memorial Health Center, 2nd Floor
6211 Bishop Boulevard
P.O. Box 750195
Dallas, Texas 75275-0195
ph. 214-768-4021
The Memorial Health Center is located at 6211 Bishop Blvd on the SMU Campus, just to the north of the Meadows School of the Arts and south of the Umphrey-Lee Center.
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Monday through Friday
The Center offers several Substance Abuse Education Classes to include AlcoholEdu for College, E-Toke, Marijuana 101 (online), 'Because I Care' and other on campus and off campus (state-certified) classes. The university has created a Task Force on Substance Abuse Prevention, as well as supporting a peer-education program called BACCHUS (Boosting Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students). A 'Live Responsibly" campaign was started in 2007 establishing a dedicated website for information related to alcohol and drug abuse, as well as other emergency and medical resources.
For more information regarding the Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Preventions and related programming, visit http://www.smu.edu/healthcenter/alcoholeducation.
Additional information regarding Drug Free Schools and Campus Act/Penalties for Drug and Alcohol Offenses can be found at:
Drug Free Schools and Campus Act: http://www.smu.edu/healthcenter/alcoholeducation/adp_drugfreeinfo.asp
Penalties for Drug and Alcohol Offenses: http://www.smu.edu/healthcenter/alcoholeducation/adp_drugfreedetails.asp
