Report to Congress: Drug Abuse Control Activities Affecting Military Personnel1972 - 54 pages |
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Page 7 - I established the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention within the Executive Office of the President, we gained an organization with the necessary resources, breadth, and leadership capacity to begin dealing decisively with the "demand...
Page 8 - This policy does not exempt military members from disciplinary or other legal consequences resulting from violations of other applicable laws and regulations, including those laws and regulations relating to the sale of...
Page 8 - Similarly, a military member may not be subject to disciplinary action under the Uniform Code of Military Justice or to administrative action leading to a discharge other than an honorable discharge for drug use solely because he has volunteered for treatment under the drug identification and treatment programs of the Department of Defense.
Page 8 - Board will, upon application from former servicemembers, review administrative discharges "under other than honorable conditions" issued solely on the basis of personal use of drugs or possession of drugs for the purpose of such use, for recharacterization to "under honorable conditions.
Page 9 - Defense shall prescribe and implement procedures, utilizing all practical available methods, and provide necessary facilities to (1) identify, treat, and rehabilitate members of the Armed Forces who are drug or alcohol dependent persons...
Page 33 - ... Military Service Programs The manner In which treatment and rehabilitation programs are operated varies from service to service. Each administers its own programs within the guidelines and policies established by the DoD. The rehabilitation plans developed by the military services during mid-1971 had a number of points in common as well as one major difference In approach. The tasks necessary to effect rehabilitation were common. Each service recognized that the identified drug abuser had to...
Page 8 - to an administrative action leading to an undesirable discharge for drug abuse solely because he volunteered for treatment under the Drug Identification and Treatment Program of the Department of Defense. It should be noted that of the 1,359 undesirable discharges Issued for drug abuse during CY 1971, 917 were issued prior to the July 7, 1971, policy anArmy 189 407 5% 214 1 1 J 3 0 0 o 1 A