Army Substance Abuse Program. : An article from: Army Lawyer [HTML]

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This digital document is an article from Army Lawyer, published by Judge Advocate General's School on September 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1447 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details
Title: Army Substance Abuse Program.
Publication: Army Lawyer (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2002
Publisher: Judge Advocate General's School
Page: 51(3)Distributed by Thompson Gale

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The new regulation changes Army policy on when commanders must initiate separation actions for drug abuse. The old policy did not require commanders to initiate separation for first-time drug use if the soldier was in the grade of E-1 through E-4 and had less than three years of service. (84) Under the revised regulation, however, commanders no longer have this discretion. The new policy requires commanders to initiate and process to the separation authority separation actions for misconduct on all soldiers involved in illegal possession, use, sale, trafficking, or distribution of illegal drugs. As an exception, commanders are not required to initiate separation if charges have been referred to a court-martial empowered to adjudge a punitive discharge, or if drug...


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