• When?: April 18 and 19, 2013
• Where?: CSU Chico
• Why?: Because this is the one and only state-wide conference devoted to Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) prevention on college campuses in California.  Everyone interested in this topic is invited to attend.

Get your program proposals and travel requests ready!  More information to follow.

On July 9, 2012, President Obama signed the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act. At the end of this bill was the Synthetic Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2012. As of the signing, many of the synthetic cannabinoids became Schedule I banned substances. Also banned is Mephedrone, and MDPV.

Colleges in Massachusetts now join us California schools in our legal limbo status between the state and federal government.  All of us must follow the Federal Drug Free Schools and Community Act requirement of maintaining strict policies against the use and possession of illegal drugs; illegal drugs includes, under Federal law, marijuana.  So as far as I know, all schools have interpreted the legal environment to mean that state laws allowing marijuana are irrelevant.  Students may think they can smoke pot because they have a medical excuse, but on campus they can't.  19 states and the District of Columbia now have medical use.

Washington and Colorado went a step further by legalizing non-medical use.  Presumably the legal opinions for campuses there will remain the same: Campuses will still need to forbid marijuana. 

You'll see that the look of The Network CA site has changed a bit.  In fact, this represents a migration to a substantially more up-to-date version of the content management system I've been using.  With this upgrade, there will be some new features appearing soon.  So check back often and look closely for new features.

Please contact me if you are having trouble using the new page.  I'm sure some kinks are bound to appear.