Alcohol and Drug Education

Encouraging Safer Behavior

At Creighton, we take alcohol and drug education seriously. We know it’s crucial that each student understands how to make good choices for their own wellbeing. We focus many of our efforts on reducing high-risk drinking and encouraging students to abandon binge drinking behaviors.

New Student Programming

Student Life coordinates the following efforts and initiatives to reduce high-risk drinking among first-year students.

  • Alcohol EDU: This online course is required for all first-year students. It covers Creighton’s alcohol policy, alcohol use and abuse, illegal substance use, prescription drug abuse, Creighton’s sexual misconduct policy, and dating violence. Students need to log in with their Blue credentials to take the course.
  • Year One College Alcohol Profile (Y1Cap): All first-year students attending Creighton University must complete and submit this survey (access requires a student’s Creighton NetID). This profile is part of a greater Nebraska Collegiate Consortium effort.

Track to Recovery from Alcohol Abuse at Creighton (TRAAC)

TRAAC is a program designed to care for intoxicated students who could be in danger of hurting themselves or others. Specifically, it provides students with proper medical attention and a safe environment for recovery. The TRAAC standard operating procedures for intoxicated students are as follows:

  • A student is identified as potentially being intoxicated due to demonstrating impaired judgment or reactions, decreased coordination or unresponsiveness.
  • A medical assessment and field sobriety tests are administered.
  • The student is transported to CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - University Campus if determined appropriate by the medical assessment.
  • The student’s parents or guardians are notified.
  • The student is assessed by a University Campus physician to determine the course of action. At-risk students are transported to Bergan Mercy and hospitalized or placed in an emergency room bed where they will be monitored.
  • The student is released from University campus with the approval of a Student Care Clinic physician and may be transported back to campus.
  • The incident is documented and referred for behavioral misconduct, which normally results in a student status of behavioral probation, withdrawal, suspension or expulsion; and educational outcomes.
  • If the student fails to comply with these operating procedures, they may be immediately suspended or expelled from the University.

Spotting an Alcohol Overdose—and Getting Help

If you suspect a friend has consumed too much alcohol, look for these signs:

  • They are unconscious, semi-conscious or unresponsive; they cannot be woken up or roused.
  • Their breathing is slow—around eight or fewer breaths per minute—or there are lapses in breathing (around 10+ seconds between breaths).
  • Their skin is cold, clammy, pale, blotchy and/or bluish in color.
  • They exhibit mental confusion or stupor—or they fall into a comatose state.
  • They experience seizures, convulsions or rigid spasms.
  • They exhibit signs of vomiting while asleep or difficulties with waking up.

Any of these signs should immediately prompt you to seek emergency medical assistance.

Make the Call

If you’re concerned about legal consequences, be aware of Nebraska’s Good Samaritan Law. It provides limited immunity for MIP (Minor in Possession) charges to both the intoxicated minor and the first person to request help for the intoxicated minor. It’s important that you remain on the scene until law enforcement and/or medical personnel arrive and cooperate with officials.

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