PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

STATEMENT OF CLAIM: Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood (GL-9750) that:
1. Carrier violated the Agreement Rules, particularly Rule 21, when it dismissed Mr. R. E. Rhodes from its service, and,
2. Carrier shall now be required to return Mr. Rhodes to its service
 with all rights unimpaired and compensate him for all lost time including compensation
 for any and all fringe benefits he has been deprived of under any group health,
 dental and life insurance plans now in effect for clerical employes on this
 property.
OPINION OF BOARD: The Claimant was dismissed from the service of the Carrier,
 after investigation, on the finding that his conduct was
 unbecoming an employee, by being in the possession of marijuana and L. S. D. and
 selling marijuana to two youths on September 4, 1981.
While the Board is not unmindful of the Organization's assertions, in its advancement of this claim, we find that Carrier has met its burden with respect to the charges. This Division has held on numerous occasions that dealing in drugs is a serious matter that may result in numerous adverse consequences with respect to the health and safety of Carrier's employes and the public. Given the facts of record, there is no proper basis for interfering with the discipline imposed by the Carrier, and the claim is denied.
        FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds and holds:


        That the parties waived oral hearing;


That the Carrier and the Employes involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier and Employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as approved June 21, 1934;
That this Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and
        That the Agreement was not violated.


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                    Award Number 25032 Page 2

                    Locket Number CL-25158

                    A W A R D


        Claim denied.


                          NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

                          By Order of Third Division


Attest:
        Nancy Jr - Executive Secretary


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 26th day of September 1984.
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