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Drug and Alcohol Program
Q. By what methods can a person be identified as an abuser?
A. Self admittance, medical evaluation, urinalysis testing, command referral, law enforcement.
Q. What is the definition of exemption in relation to Drug and Alcohol?
A. An immunity from disciplinary action under the UCMJ, or elimination with less than honorable discharge, as a result of certain occurrences of alcohol abuse, possession of drugs for personal use and drug use.
Q. Can a soldier refuse to submit a sample for urinalysis test?
A. No. Submission of a urinalysis sample comes from a competent authority and is a lawful order. Failure to obey will be met with disciplinary action.
Q. Who are the personnel to be tested by a urinalysis test?
A. Anyone as directed by the commander.
Q. The Army's rehabilitative programs consist of two phases. What are they?
A. Active and follow-up.
Q. What is the time period for each phase of the rehabilitative program?
A. Active; up to 60 days.
Follow-up; up to 300 days.
Q. When is rehabilitation considered to be a success, an by whom?
A. Only the commander in consultation with the ADAPC counselor determines a success or failure. Rehab is considered a success if the individual is performing effectively at full duty at the end of the 60 day period, he or she is apparently free from the abuse of drugs or alcohol, and he/she has received the maximum benefit of the active rehab program and can be moved to the follow-up phase.
Q. When is rehabilitation considered a failure?
A. If the service member has clearly indicted that he/she is unwilling or unable to be returned to active duty, if he is unwilling to remain free from the use of drugs or alcohol, and if the commander has in consultation with the ADAPC counselor determined that further efforts would not have any results.
Q. Why is the prevention of alcohol and drub abuse considered so important?
A. The abuse of alcohol and drugs have a very detrimental effect on attaining and maintaining combat readiness.
Q. What is the most abused drug in the Armed Forces?
A. Alcohol.
Q. Is an individual in a promotable status when enrolled in an alcohol or drug abuse rehabilitation program?
A. No, not while in the active phase.
Q. People who abuse drugs are classified in three groups, name them.
A. Experimenter, user, and drug dependent.
Q. What AR covers the Drug and alcohol programs of the Army?
A. AR 600-85.

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