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- OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
- EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
- Washington, D.C. 20500
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- April 12, 1991
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- President Donald Kennedy
- Stanford University
- Office of the President
- Building 10
- Stanford, California 94305-2060
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- Dear President Kennedy:
-
- I write to call your attention to correspondence on Stanford letterhead
- recently received in this office. I refer specificially to a letter dated
- March 28, 1991, addressed to me, and apparently signed by a Mr. Stuart
- Reges, a senior lecturer in the Stanford Department of Computer Science. I
- attach a copy of this letter, and the attachments sent with it, for your
- information.
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- In sum, Mr. Reges has written this office (and the U.S. Department of
- Education) to announce that he carries illegal drugs on the Stanford campus,
- uses them himself, and advocates and encourages their use by Stanford
- undergraduates. Mr. Reges further informs us that his "pro-drug stance" and
- illegal drug use are broadly known on the Stanford campus. He says, in
- fact, that he has published a lengthy two-part article describing his
- opinions and actions in The Stanford Daily (November 8-9, 1990). And he
- reports that despite his open violation and defiance of Stanford anti-drug
- policy, no discliplinary [sic] action has ever been taken against him by the
- University, though a Stanford drug counselor did telephone him to express
- her disapproval.
-
- I know you share my concern about the threat illegal drugs pose to all young
- Americans, and I am sure you agree that American higher education has a
- special obligation to help ensure the safety and order of its campuses where
- drugs are at issue. Then, too, I know you are aware of legal provisions
- governing receipt of Federal funding and financial assistance (including
- participation in all Federal student aid programs) by institutions of higher
- education.
-
- To retain eligibility for Federal funding and financial assistance, an
- institution of higher education must adopt and implement a drug prevention
- program for students and employees (20 U.S.C. section 1145g). That program
- must include standards of conduct that clearly prohibit unlawful possession,
- use, or distribution of illicit drugs by students and employees on an
- institution's property or as part of its activities. That program must
- additionally include a clear statement that the institution will impose
- sanctions on students and employees for violations of these standards of
- conduct. And the institution must ensure that such sanctions are
- consistently enforced.
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- In all candor, I would find it beyond comprehension that a man who openly
- professes to have encouraged an undergraduate to ingest MDA could continue
- to enjoy faculty privileges at a pace-setting institution like Stanford
- University. I was myself a teacher for many years. I can think of no
- action more radically at odds with the responsibilities an educator has to
- his students.
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- I am certain you share my distress over this incident, and I look forward to
- your earliest possible response and reply.
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- Sincerely,
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- BOB MARTINEZ
- Director
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- attachments (4)
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