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Article: Residence Life at U. Arizona gives pot-smoking students second chance

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Liz Dailey
University Wire
11-13-1998
(Arizona Daily Wildcat) (U-WIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. -- One hit is not enough.

During the past six months, only one of 16 University of Arizona students who was caught and formally reprimanded for using marijuana in the dorms was expelled, according to UA police statistics.

Residence Life Director Jim Van Arsdel said students with a clean record are not expelled after being caught with marijuana the first time.

"Marijuana is fairly common in our society," Van Arsdel said. "If a student is in possession of a hard drug like cocaine, heroine or LSD, the typical consequence is removal from the residence hall altogether on first contact."

But for marijuana, "the ...

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