AOD

AOD

Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Services

Are you concerned about your substance or alcohol use? Has someone expressed concern about your substance or alcohol use? Confidential consultations are available to all Rowan students. Contact Bob Logan, M.S., LCADC, for more information at (856) 256-4333 or email logan@rowan.edu.

Additional outside resources can be found below. 

 

 

Tolerance Break?

Can you Press the Pause Button on your Cannabis use?

If you consume Cannabis products more than 3 X per week, this is a question you should have an answer for. Consider a T-Break.  For confidential support and assistance on a T-Break -Plan of Action; contact the Rowan Wellness Center @ 856-256-4333 or email logan@rowan.edu.

Time for a Tolerance Break?

If you use cannabis, at some point, you should take a tolerance break.

Like anything else, your body builds up a tolerance: you need more to get high. A T-Break could help you save money and also keep balance. The hard news is that if you partake most days, a true T-Break should be at least 21 days long, since it takes around three weeks or more for THC to leave your system. (That’s because THC bonds to fat, which is stored in the body longer.)

This guide was created because people would set out to take a T-Break, they only lasted a few days. Sometimes they felt ashamed because it was harder than they thought. There is no need to feel bad……but it can be hard to take a break. People usually find some aspect of getting high beneficial. Cannabis causes fewer harms than some other drugs and creates less cravings. For those very reasons, ironically, some people find it challenging to find a balance with cannabis: they might think that cannabis has no harms and no cravings. Everything has pros and cons. And cannabis, like a lot of things, can create dependency.

A T-Break is a good time to re-evaluate balance. If you want to stop completely, just continue the T-Break. Others may return to cannabis and can use this as a support.

Tolerance Break Guide

Party Smart!

How can you go out and have a good time and still be safe? Here area a couple things to keep in mind:

  • The legal drinking age in the US is 21 years old. If you choose to drink underage, know the consequences and risks. Know NJ state law and Rowan University policies, including the off-campus policy.
  • It’s ok not to drink alcohol. Bring your own beverage of soda, water, or other bottled beverage.
  • Eat something prior to drinking.
  • Keep an eye and a hand on your drink.
  • Bring along some friends and look out for each other. Know where the people you came with are at the end of the night.
  • Don't leave the party with someone you do not know or trust, call a friend or campus security to walk you home.
  • If you choose to drink, alternate alcohol and non-alcoholic beverages. Space out your drinks to keep it close to one per hour. Water is essential to staying hydrated.
  • Know your limits, it's okay to turn down a drink if you think you have had too much to drink.
  • Tell someone who’s not drinking where you plan to go and when you plan to return. This could be a roommate who’s not going out that night or even a friend from home.
  • If you get an Uber or Lyft home, make sure the vehicle you are getting in matches the driver and license information on the app you are using. Turn on the trip tracking feature to share your location with a family member or friend.
Drink Spiking

DRINK SPIKING IS A REAL DANGER

We share this information to reduce risks and enhance campus safety, with no intent to blame victims of crime. Only criminals are responsible for their crimes. Drink spiking is the addition of a drug, chemical, or alcohol to beverages in order to impair or incapacitate the person who consumes the beverage. Alcohol, such as Vodka, can be added to a drink that you do not expect to have any or as much alcohol, causing the drink to impair you more than expected. This may be done in order to facilitate sexual assault or other crimes. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages can be spiked, including water. People of any gender, race, or sexual orientation can be the target or the perpetrator of drink spiking. 

Drink spiking is a crime, and will be prosecuted by Police. Rowan University will also discipline students responsible for drink spiking.

For information about safety tips, please visit the Healthy Campus Initiatives page on preventing drink spiking.

Vaping and JUULing

Vaping (JUULing) isn't harmless. More information continues to come out about the dangers of vaping. One JUUL pod contains 20 cigarettes worth of nicotine (roughly one pack of cigarettes). According to the Truth Initiative, 63% of JUUL users between the ages of 15-24 are unaware they are consuming nicotine, and believe they are only vaping flavor.

Vaping, like other smoking, is not permitted indoors or within 50 feet of a window, door, or other area where outside air is circulated through a building. In the State of New Jersey, it is illegal to purchase tobacco products and electronic smoking devices under the age of 21 or purchase for a minor.

For more information regarding the dangers to your mental and physical health from vaping and JUUling, and to find resources on quitting, please visit the Alcohol and other Drugs page on vaping. 

 
The Wellness Center currently has a grant from the New Jersey Prevention Network to disseminate information on vaping, cessation, and tobacco use. We are proud to be a part of the NJ Colleges and Universities Implementing Tobacco and Smoke-Free Policies program.
 

For more information on all alcohol and other drug policies, please visit Community Standards' website. For information about the smoking policy, please click here.

For more information about vaping or AOD prevention, contact Healthy Campus Initiatives at hci@rowan.edu.

New Jersey Higher Education Consortium

Rowan University is an active member of the New Jersey Higher Education Consortium on Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and Education (NJHEC). This voluntary association of over 40 New Jersey colleges and universities works to address campus substance abuse.

The mission of the New Jersey Higher Education Consortium is:

  • to successfully pursue proactive prevention strategies to prevent campus alcohol and other drug abuse
  • to develop strong institutional policies on drug use and alcohol abuse
  • to measure the extent of drug use and alcohol abuse and their associated problems
  • to create activities to bring about desired behavior changes in students, staff, and faculty