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City of North Platte: North Platte Public Library: Policies: Substance Abuse
Substance Abuse
As a public facility, Library staff encounter people of all ages,
backgrounds and health status. Drug behavior may include any of the
following signs and symptoms:
- Substance odor on clothing or breath
- Inability to carry on normal conversation
- Unusual flare-ups or behavior outbreaks
- Unfocused eyes or difficulty focusing on an object, dilated
or constricted pupils, no response to changes in light,
floating eyes (following a moving object that isn't there)
- Slurred speech, lack of facial expression, poor muscle
control, rigid muscles, strange gait when walking
- Flushed skin, raw nostrils, track marks, nose bleeds,
excessive licking of dry lips, dry mouth, excessive watering
eyes and runny nose
- Distorted sense of time, sight, sound, touch, self perception,
fear or terror
- Excessive restlessness/twitching/fidgeting, or excessive drowsiness/
unconscious
- Possession of drug paraphernalia including: spoons, glass tubes,
pipe-like objects,razor blades, mirrors, straws, needles,
solvents, nitrous oxide containers, bottles labeled "incense"
white or grayish powder substances, and unlabeled bottles or
pills.
When library staff suspect substance use by a customer, they should remain
calm and firm when dealing with the customer. If substance use or drug
paraphernalia is observed with any of the above signs and symptoms, library
staff should report the behavior and observance to police by contacting them
from a non-public area.
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