opnavinst 5350.4 d - Navy Medicine - U.S. Navy

OPNAVINST 5350.4D
4 Jun 09
Zncl: (1) Screening and Treatment
(2) Drug Testing Program
(3) Education and Training Policy and Requirements
(4) Acronyms and Definitions
1. Purpose
a. TO provide comprehensive alcohol and other drug abuse
preventioE and control policy and procedures for all Navy
military personnel and establish regulations to enforce that
policy.
b. To assign responsibilities for a unified Navy Alcohol
and Drug Abuse Prevention (NADAP) Program per reference (a).
This instruction is a complete revision and should be read in
its entirety.
2 . Cancellation. OPNAVINST 5350.4C.
3. Background/Discussion. Alcohol and drug abuse undermines
combat readiness and is incompatible with the maintenance of
nigh standards of performance and military discipline. It is a
severe detriment to Navy's overall mission readiness.
Snclosures (1) through (3) are procedural guidance for
coordinating policies set forth in references (a) through (y)
Enclosure (4) provides definitions of terms used within the
NADAP Program.
4. Applicability. Provisions of this instruction apply to all
active duty and Navy Reserve members, officers, and enlisted.
Violation of any provision of this instruction subjects military
members to disciplinary action under reference (b) and may lead
to Administrative Separation (ADSEP) per references (a), ( c),
dnd (d) .
. Concept. Major elements underlying Navy's approach to
sliminating alcohol and drug abuse are enhanced detection,
deterrence, prevention, education, intervention, and treatment
&hen necessary. This approach emphasizes constructive use of
nrevention, education, discipline, intervention, and medical
Treatment for members who are responsive to treatment and who
reject further alcohol abuse, and the separation of any
~ndividual guilty of a single incident of drug use. The most
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