The Department of Residence Life, thus the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville has reduced fines and penalties for marijuana possession on campus.
When the Arkansas Democrat Gazette found the story, they questioned UAF, and UAF adamantly denied that there had been changes to its policy.
Two days later, the university retracted its retraction and indeed marijuana possession on campus at UAF is the same misdemeanor that alcohol possession.
The story was misleading because the Department of Resident Life was not identified as the source of the changes on campus. For whatever reason, the campus public relations office was unaware of the policy and followed ADG's typical and tyrannical ideology that "everyone else is wrong, and we're right."
Seriously ADG, the first half ass job was bad enough, but you're story made two.
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I am enrolling immediately.
Excellent. I'm sending my boys there. We are actually thinking of moving to Arkansas. Seems to be a pretty sane state, all in all!
It is good to see common sense prevail over ignorance.
I work for University of Arkansas University Relations. This article is inaccurate. This is a statement from the University:
Several media organizations have reported that certain changes to the guidelines for marijuana and alcohol sanctions on campus have been equalized. This information is not accurate. No changes have been made to university policies having to do with alcohol or drug violations. While certain revisions to existing policy have been considered by various campus organizations and groups, none of them were ever approved by the university administration.
The university is constantly looking at ways to address student alcohol and drug violations in a comprehensive manner. The sanctioning guidelines for violations are in place to educate students and help them understand that all actions have consequences.
Please correct your article. Thank you.
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