Drug Testing Program
The Department of Defense drug testing program is primarily based upon random urine tests.
Urine tests prove past usage. The tests cannot prove impairment, frequency of usage, method of ingestion, or knowing ingestion.
There are four kinds of urine tests:
Inspections
Probable cause tests
Consent tests
Fitness-for-duty tests
In response to a positive drug screen, commanders may consider the following actions:
Court-martial
Nonjudicial punishment
Administrative separation
Other adverse administrative actions
No action (commander must conclude no drug abuse)
Results from inspection, probable cause and consent tests may be used in support of nonjudicial punishment under Article 15, UCMJ; courts-martial; and administrative discharges.
A positive fitness-for-duty test may only be used in an administrative discharge action if the service member receives an honorable discharge.
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The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment (ADAPT) program helps Airmen and their families with substance abuse-related issues.
The Department of Defense drug testing program is primarily based upon random urine tests.
Urine tests prove past usage. The tests cannot prove impairment, frequency of usage, method of ingestion, or knowing ingestion.
Drug abuse is incompatible with military service.
Unlike alcohol abuse, which the Department of Defense (DoD) views as a preventable and treatable disease, the DoD deals with drug abuse more strictly, in that the identified drug abuser is subject to punitive action or involuntary separation.
