The Office works on continuous assessment and evaluation efforts to better understand knowledge, attitude, and behavioral trends regarding substance use for Holy Cross students. These efforts allow our intervention & support options to be targeted and informed.
Matters of Substance: College Sanctions Edition
Matters of Substance: College Sanctions Education is a online educational course for students who have violated the College’s Alcohol & Other Drug policy
By completing this course, students will be able to:
- Recognize accurate standard drink sizes
- Review the direct negative effects that substance abuse has on academics and incidents of violence
- Summarize the College's Alcohol and Other Drug policy and other applicable laws and policies
- Identify the differences between state, federal, and campus laws and policies
- Define what the Good Samaritan Policy is and how to use it
- Apply strategies that can be used to reduce substance abuse related harms
- Recognize the signs of alcohol or cannabis overconsumption
Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS)
Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) is designed to help you explore your alcohol and drug use in a supportive and non-shaming environment. BASICS is not an abstinence only program and you will not automatically be told to stop using substances. In BASICS you will get information invited into a discussion about what is right for you so you can get support in considering what is working or how to make changes.
Students will engage in a non-judgmental, self-reflective process and select changes they might want to make in their drinking. Some students are required to attend BASICS sessions if they are referred by Student Integrity & Community Standards, Athletics, or Residence Life for violating the campus drug and alcohol policy.
Cannabis Screening and Intervention for College Students (CASICS)
Cannabis Screening and Intervention for College Students (CASICS) is a two-session preventative cannabis education program offered to students who want to further examine their Cannabis use. CASICS is not an abstinence only program and you will not automatically be told to stop using substances. In CASICS you will get information invited into a discussion about what is right for you so you can get support in considering what is working or how to make changes.Some students are required to attend CASICS sessions if they are referred by Student Integrity & Community Standards,, Athletics, or Residence Life for violating the campus drug and alcohol policy
Referral to Higher Level of Care
Sometimes students who meet with office staff are in need of additional support resources for their substance use. Professional staff in the Office work closely with other support resources on and off campus. We will work with a student to decide what resources seem accessible and comfortable.