USADAOA UADC TRAINING

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Title: USADAOA UADC TRAINING

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USADAOA UADC TRAINING
Prepared For HHC, 3-81 ARMOR
19 January, 1999
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PURPOSE

This training module will provide you with a
better understanding of the drug testing process.

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ARMY DRUG TESTING POLICY

The Army drug testing program is based on a use
standard, not impairment.
You will be in violation of Army Regulation
600-85 if the presence of drugs is detected in
your system.
The amount of drugs or its current effect on your
system is not important when determining if a
drug test is positive.
Drug tests can identify drug use that occurs
several days, and sometimes weeks, prior to the
time of giving a specimen.

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SAFEGUARDS

Drug testing is reliable. Over five million
tests have been completed without one case of
false identification by laboratory error.
Drug and alcohol testing process used by the Army
protests the rights both of the soldier and the
nation.

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SAFEGUARDS (cont.)

There are four safeguards to protect soldiers and
the Army
clear rules for the collection of specimens
only specifically certified laboratories are used
for testing
physicians review to determine of there is a
medical reason for a positive test
option for a second laboratory evaluation
The entire drug testing process is designed to
ensure that you have a fair and reliable drug
test.

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COLLECTION PROCEDURES

Drug testing begins at the collection site.
A specially trained individual will give you
instructions for providing a specimen. The Unit
Alcohol and Drug Coordinator, UADC, is the unit
collection expert.
The UADC will assist you in completing the
required paperwork.
This process is designed to ensure that nobody
spoils or switches your sample.

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COLLECTION PROCEDURES

This process is called chain of custody.
Chain of custody at the collection site means
you will handle your sample until it is released
by you to go to the laboratory.
you will keep your sample in sight at all times
until it is ready to go to the laboratory.
the sample will be sealed in your presence and
you will initial the bottle
The chain of custody process guarantees that your
specimen and its result will be switched with
that of another soldier.

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FORENSIC LABORATORY

Department of Defense laboratory tests are
accurate and reliable.
Chain of custody continues at the laboratory.
Specimens and their chain custody documents
arrive at the laboratory in sealed packages.
Before a specimen can be tested, its package,
sample container, and chain of custody document
are inspected thoroughly for signs of tampering.
The laboratory will not test samples that do not
conform to strict chain of custody standards.

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LABORATORY TESTING

Before testing, the laboratory also checks for
evidence of deliberate tampering not detected at
the collection site.
The laboratory uses a two test system
If the first is negative and conforms to quality
control standards, the laboratory releases the
result.
If the test is positive for one or more drugs, a
second, more specific test must confirm the same
result.

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LABORATORY TESTING (cont.)

The second test is performed by a process called
gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS).
GC/MS looks for molecular fingerprints of
drugs.
Because GC/MS is virtually error proof, it is
called the goldstandard of drug testing.
The testing process identifies only controlled
substances. It does not identify over the
counter medication, birth control pills, ect.

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LABORATORY TESTING (cont.)

Your drug testing laboratory is certified by the
Department of Defense.
Certification requires specially trained
personnel and quarterly DA inspections, in
addition to continuous quality control.
Drug testing laboratories are held to the highest
standards of forensic science.
The laboratory will not release a result that
cannot be defended in court.

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REPORTING PROCEDURES

Only illegal drug abuse is actionable by your
commander.
All positive drug tests for opiates,
amphetamines, and barbiturates must be reviewed
by a physician before they are actionable by your
commander.
This physician, called a Medical Review Officer
(MRO), determines if there are legitimate reasons
for the positive test.
If there are legitimate reasons why you tested
positive, then the MRO would report to your
commander no urinary conformation of drug abuse.

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REPORTING PROCEDURES (cont.)

An individual with a prescription for Tylenol
with codeine will test positive for opiates.
If the MRO finds that the use was according to
doctors or dentists orders, the MRO will report
no urinary conformation of drug abuse to your
commander.
Soldiers who are currently taking prescribed
drugs under medical orders will not be reported
as positive for drug tests.
The drug testing process always allows for a
second opinion. Soldiers may also request a
second GC/MS from the laboratory.

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CONCLUSION

An individual always has the opportunity to have
a small portion of the original sample sent to
another laboratory for independent evaluation.
The President of the United States directed your
drug testing program for your safety an the
benefit of the defense of our nation.
The military Court of Appeals has upheld your
drug testing process. And so have thousands of
other courts and commanders.
The drug testing process has been legally
reviewed at every Army and federal level and has
been found to be accurate and reliable.