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14.7 Drug Abuse is the use of a drug, whether for medical reasons or otherwise, which <br />results in impaired physical, mental, emotional or social well-being of the user. <br />14.8 Drug Related Paraphernalia (as used in this policy) includes any material or <br />equipment used or designed for use in testing, packaging, storing, injecting, <br />ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing a controlled, illegal substance into the <br />human body. Such items include, but are not limited to: <br />14.8.1 Blenders, bowls, containers, spoons, mixing devices used or intended for <br />use in compounding controlled substances. <br />14.8.2 Capsules, balloons, envelopes, and other containers used or intended for <br />use in concealing small quantities of controlled substances. <br />14.8.3 Hypodermic syringes, needles or other objects designed for injecting <br />controlled substances into the human body. <br />14.8.4 Objects used or intended for use in ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise <br />introducing substances into the human body for the purpose of impairing <br />physical and/or mental faculties. These may include, but are not limited to, <br />pipes with or without screens, permanent screens, hashish heads or <br />punctured metal bowls, water pipes, carburetion tubes and devices, <br />smoking and carburetion masks, roach clips (objects used to hold burning <br />material such as a marijuana cigarette that has become too small or too <br />short to be held by the hand or fingers), cocaine mixing spoons or vials, <br />chamber pipes, electric pipes, air -driven pipes, chillums, bongs, ice pipes, <br />and rolling papers. <br />14.9 Illegal Drug is any drug that is/was not legally obtained. This term includes <br />prescribed drugs not legally obtained or used; prescribed drugs not being used for <br />prescribed purposes; marijuana, cocaine, crack, LSD, designer drugs, etc. <br />14.10 Legal Drug is a prescribed drug or an over-the-counter drug, legally obtained and <br />being used for its prescribed purpose. <br />14.11 Look -Alike Drugs are tablets, capsules, and powders contained in controlled <br />over-the-counter ingredients whose physical appearance mimics prescription drug <br />products which contain popular substances of abuse and are regulated under <br />provisions of the Controlled Substance Act. <br />14.12 Medical Review Officer (MRO) is a licensed doctor of medicine (MD) or <br />osteopathy (DO) with knowledge of drug abuse disorders that is employed or used by <br />High to conduct drug testing in accordance with Federal Department of <br />Transportation Regulations. <br />14.13 Positive Screen is any screen that results in any drug action level or an alcohol <br />action level of .02 or greater. High has a zero tolerance policy for all illegal drugs. <br />14.14 Prescribed Drug is a drug or substance prescribed for an individual by a licensed <br />medical practitioner. <br />Page 13 <br />Supersedes Policy Number/Dated: 01/01/06 Policy Number 2-662 <br />Approved by: Larry Brown Effective Date: 08/01/08 <br />