MCAS, Yuma DDRP Need Assessment Survey Result

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MCAS, Yuma DDRP Need Assessment Survey Result
For more information regarding the result of the
survey, Please contact Mr. Virgil S.
Tapispisan virgil.tapispisan_at_usmc.mil (928)
269-2791
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Need Assessment Section 1 Demographics
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Need Assessment Section 1 Demographics

• August 2007
• Total Strength - 2338
• Number of respondents - 275 (11.76)
• Demographics
• White (74) Black (6) Hispanic
  (17)
• Asian (2) Others (2)
• Branch of Service
• USMC (97) USN (3)
• Rank
• E1-E3 (49) E4-E6 (132) E7-E9
  (37) W1-W5 (8)
• O1-O3 (29) O4-O6 (16) O7-O9 (0)
  O10 (1)
• No response (3)

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Need Assessment Section 1 Demographics

• Race/Nationality (Optional)
• White (74) Black (6) Hispanic
  (17)
• Asian (2) Others (2)
• Your Unit/Command
• 13DenCo (1) HHS (17) MACS 1 (1)
• MAG 13 (1) MALS 13 (1) MAWTS 1 (23)
• VMA 211 (27) VMA 214 (1) VMA 311 (3)
• VMA 513 (22) VMFT 401 (3)
• Age
• 18-21 (21) 22-25 (23) 26-30 (19)
  31-35 (18)
• 36-40 (13) 41and above (6)

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Need Assessment Section 1 Demographics

• Sex
• Male (90) Female (10)
• Educational Attainment
• GED (1) High School (34)
• Some college (45)
• Bachelors Degree or higher (20)
• Average Number of Years in Service 8.25 years

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Need AssessmentSection 2 Command Readiness
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Need AssessmentSection 2 Command Readiness

• Q1 I am aware of programs in my command that
  address alcohol and other drug prevention.

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Need AssessmentSection 2 Command Readiness

• Q2 I spend time collaborating with concerning
  the prevention and other drug abuse in my
  command.

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Need AssessmentSection 2 Command Readiness

• Q3 I dont know why alcohol and other drug abuse
  is so important to address.

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Need AssessmentSection 2 Command Readiness

• Q4 I am interested in learning more a about
  command-related alcohol and other drug prevention
  program.

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Need AssessmentSection 2 Command Readiness

• Q5 I believe in preventing alcohol and other
  drug is important.

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Need AssessmentSection 2 Command Readiness

• Q6 I am not certain why some individual consider
  alcohol and other drug prevention important.

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Need AssessmentSection 2 Command Readiness

• Q7 I am interested in becoming involved in
  improving alcohol and other drug abuse prevention
  program in my command.

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Need AssessmentSection 2 Command Readiness

• Q8 I dont know what programs in my command
  address alcohol and other drug abuse.

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Need AssessmentSection 2 Command Readiness

• Q9 I am interested in more information on the
  time and energy commitments that a
  command-related alcohol and other drug abuse
  prevention program would require.

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Need AssessmentSection 2 Command Readiness

• Q10 I know which alcohol and other drug abuse
  prevention programs serve my command .

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Need AssessmentSection 2 Command Readiness

• Q11 I can distinguish the type of services
  offered by the different alcohol and other drug
  abuse programs in my command.

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Need AssessmentSection 2 Command Readiness

• Q12 I am concern about whether my command has
  sufficient alcohol and other drug abuse
  prevention program.

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Need AssessmentSection 2 Command Readiness

• Q13 I am not involved with the alcohol and other
  drug abuse prevention program in my command.

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Need AssessmentSection 3 Alcohol Awareness
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Need AssessmentSection 3 Alcohol Awareness

• Q1 Alcohol has been used as a medicine.

• Answer TRUE
• Alcohol was used for centuries as a medicine in
  childbirth, sedation, and surgery.

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Need AssessmentSection 3 Alcohol Awareness

• Q2 Alcohol is digested in the same way that food
  is digested.

• Answer FALSE
• Alcohol is unique because it requires no
  digestion. It can be absorbed directly from the
  stomach, and even more rapidly from the small
  intestine.

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Need AssessmentSection 3 Alcohol Awareness

• Q3 Moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages
  is generally not harmful to the body .

• Answer TRUE
• Some studies show that moderate drinkers (those
  drinking no more than one to two drinks a day)
  tend to be at less risk for heart attacks than
  abstainers or heavy drinkers. However it is not
  recommended that you start drinking for health
  benefits.

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Need AssessmentSection 3 Alcohol Awareness

• Q4 Drinking coffee or taking a cold shower can
  be an effective way of decreasing blood alcohol
  levels .

• Answer FALSE
• The healthy liver oxidates or metabolizes alcohol
  at the rate of about one drink per hour.
  Therefore, only time will sober up a drunk
  person. Coffee, cold-showers, fresh air, and
  exercise do not reduce blood alcohol levels.

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Need AssessmentSection 3 Alcohol Awareness

• Q5 Responsible drinking can contribute to a
  state of relaxation, enhanced social
  interactions, and a feeling of well-being .

• Answer TRUE
• Responsible drinking means stopping before you
  are drunk. It means not driving a vehicle if you
  have had any alcohol. The US Department of Health
  and Human Services guidelines for moderate
  drinking is no more than one drink per day for
  women and people over 60 and no more than two
  drinks a day for men under 60. Recovering
  alcoholics should not drink at all, because they
  cannot control the amount of drinking they do.

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Need AssessmentSection 3 Alcohol Awareness

• Q6 Few women become alcoholics .

• Answer FALSE
• Although the estimates of women alcoholics vary
  one quarter to one half of all alcoholics, it is
  clear that the number of female alcoholics is
  sizable and has been increasing. In the past,
  female alcoholics and problem drinkers may have
  been more reluctant to seek treatment than men
  who experience drinking problems, but fortunately
  that situation is beginning to change.

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Need AssessmentSection 3 Alcohol Awareness

• Q7 It takes about as many hours as the number of
  beers drunk for the liver to completely burn up
  the alcohol ingested .

• Answer TRUE
• Alcohol is metabolized by the liver at the rate
  of approximately one drink an hour. One drink is
  defined as 12 ounces of beer, 4 ounces of wine,
  or 1.5 ounces of 80 proof liquor.

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Need AssessmentSection 3 Alcohol Awareness

• Q8 Eating while drinking slows the absorption of
  alcohol in the body .

• Answer TRUE
• Eating before and while drinking slows down the
  passage of alcohol from the stomach to the small
  intestine. Because 80 of the alcohol is absorbed
  into the bloodstream from the small intestine,
  having food in the stomach that absorbs some of
  the alcohol will help slow absorption of alcohol
  into the bloodstream.

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Need AssessmentSection 3 Alcohol Awareness

• Q9 Approximately 10 of fatal highway accidents
  are alcohol-related .

• Answer FALSE
• About half of fatal highways accidents are
  alcohol-related.

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Need AssessmentSection 3 Alcohol Awareness

• Q10 Alcohol is not a drug .

• Answer FALSE
• Alcohol is a drug. It has been used by most
  societies and cultures throughout history. It is
  our most used and abused recreational drug.

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Need AssessmentSection 3 Alcohol Awareness

• Q11 A blood alcohol concentration of 0.10 is
  the legal definition of alcohol intoxication in
  most states with respect to driving .

• Answer TRUE
• The blood alcohol concentration limit is 0.08 in
  some states. In Sweden it is 0.05. Driving
  ability can be significantly impaired well below
  0.10 BAC. For most people, a BAC of 0.05
  doubles the risk of having a car crash.A chart
  of BAC limits by US state is provided by the
  National Commission Against Drunk Driving.

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Need AssessmentSection 3 Alcohol Awareness

• Q12 An estimated 85 of the adult Americans who
  drink are alcohol abusers .

• Answer FALSE
• Of the adult Americans who drink, approximately
  15 abuse alcohol. The majority of people who
  drink do so in a responsible manner which does
  not lead to alcohol-related problems.

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Need AssessmentSection 3 Alcohol Awareness

• Q13 Alcohol is a stimulant .

• Answer FALSE
• Alcohol is a depressant drug this means it slows
  down (or depresses) the Central Nervous System.
  Some people mistakenly think it is a stimulant
  because initially it reduces inhibitions,
  encouraging some people to do things they might
  not do otherwise.

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Need AssessmentSection 3 Alcohol Awareness

• Q14 To prevent a hangover, one should sip one's
  drink slowly, eat while drinking, have no more
  than one drink an hour, and not over-drink one's
  limit .

• Answer TRUE

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Need AssessmentSection 3 Alcohol Awareness

• Q15 A person cannot become an alcoholic by just
  drinking beer .

• Answer FALSE
• People can abuse any type of alcoholic beverages
  including beer. There are alcoholics who drink
  nothing harder that light beer. Beer has the
  same type of alcohol that wine and distilled
  spirits have (ethyl alcohol).

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Need AssessmentSection 3 Alcohol Awareness

• Q16 Proof" on a bottle of liquor represents
  half the percent of alcohol contained in the
  bottle .

• Answer FALSE
• Proof equals twice the percent of alcohol. For
  example, 90 proof whiskey is 45 alcohol.

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Need AssessmentSection 4 Drug Awareness
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Need AssessmentSection 4 Drug Awareness

• Q1 Stimulants are less addictive than other
  drug.

• Answer FALSE
• Stimulants are powerfully addictive drugs that
  speed up the activity of the Central Nervous
  System (CNS)

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Need AssessmentSection 4 Drug Awareness

• Q2 A single breath of inhalant can kill you.

• Answer TRUE
• This tragic occurrence is called Sudden Sniffing
  Death Syndrome or SSD

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Need AssessmentSection 4 Drug Awareness

• Q3 Ecstasy can cause permanent brain damage.

• Answer TRUE
• Taking small amounts of the club drug ecstasy can
  harm the brain, even after just one use, brain
  scans show. Researchers from the Netherlands
  looked for subtle brain cell damage in first time
  users of ecstasy an illegal drug that acts as a
  stimulant and psychedelic.

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Need AssessmentSection 4 Drug Awareness

• Q4 Steroids may cause boys to develop breasts
  and girls to develop facial hair.

• Answer TRUE
• In men breast enlargement, shrunken testicles,
  lowered sperm count,
• increased sex drive, decreased sexual performance
  - difficulty getting and maintaining erections
• In women growth of facial and body hair, male
  pattern balding development of Adam's apple,
  deepening of voice
• enlargement of clitoris, abnormal or absent
  menstrual period infertility

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Need AssessmentSection 4 Drug Awareness

• Q5 Dextromethorphan, or DXM, is a dangerous
  commonly found in

• Answer Cold/Cough Medicines
• (DXM or DM) is an antitussive (cough-suppressant)
  drug found in many over-the-counter cold and
  cough medicines. DXM has also found other uses in
  medicine, ranging from pain relief to
  psychological applications. When taken at doses
  higher than are medically recommended, DXM acts
  as a dissociative hallucinogen. It produces
  effects similar to those of the controlled
  substances ketamine and PCP, which affords it a
  high potential for abuse.

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Need AssessmentSection 4 Drug Awareness

• Q6 Over-the-counter drugs can be dangerous when
  combined with

• Answer Alcohol
• You probably don't think twice about taking an
  over-the-counter pain reliever and then having a
  glass of wine or two with dinner. But the
  combination of pain relievers and alcohol can
  pose serious health risks, according to new
  research.
• When taken as directed, pain medications are
  generally considered safe. However, problems can
  arise when they are taken more frequently or in
  larger doses than recommended or taken in
  combination with other drugs -- including alcohol

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Need AssessmentSection 4 Drug Awareness

• Q7 Methamphetamines can help you enjoy life.

• Answer FALSE
• Methamphetamine dependence is a physical disease,
  but its effects can spread throughout every
  aspect of life. As the dependence deepens, you
  may withdraw from friends, family, coworkers, and
  community. Your life may become more organized
  around using, and activities in which using is
  not possible may fall by the wayside. You may
  find yourself doing things you never thought you
  would do such as buying drugs in dangerous
  situations.

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Need AssessmentSection 4 Drug Awareness

• Q8 Signs of methamphetamine use are the same as
  marijuana use.

• Answer FALSE
• Methamphetamine The easiest outwardly visible
  sign of Methamphetamine use is rapid weight loss.
  The amount of weight that someone looses can vary
  from person to person. On average a person can
  lose 8 to 10 pounds a month for several months in
  a row. Another sign is that the user often
  becomes careless about their appearance and
  overall physical well being. The user often
  looses interest in anything else but the drug.
• Marijuana Dilated (large) pupils, Cigarette
  rolling papers, Seeds that have been cleaned from
  marijuana, Smell on clothing, in room, or in car,
  Bloodshot eyes, Sleepy appearance
• Reduced motivation, Pipes, bongs, homemade
  smoking devices (you may see sticky residue from
  burned marijuana), Anxiety, Difficulty thinking,
  Distorted sensory perceptions, Dry mouth,
• Euphoria (temporary feelings of elation, energy
  and limitless power), Feeling sluggish.

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Need AssessmentSection 4 Drug Awareness

• Q9 Methamphetamine are Schedule II drugs,
  meaning that they have a high potential for
  abuse, that abuse of the drug may lead to severe
  dependence, but that the drug does have a
  currently accepted use for treatment in the
  United States.

• Answer TRUE
• Schedule II drugs have a high tendency for abuse,
  may have an accepted medical use, and can produce
  dependency or addiction with chronic use. This
  schedule includes examples such as Cocaine,
  Opium, Morphine, Fentanyl, Amphetamines, and
  Methamphetamines. Schedule II drugs may be
  available with a prescription by a physician, but
  not all pharmacies may carry them. These drugs
  require more stringent records and storage
  procedures than drugs in Schedules III and IV.

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Need AssessmentSection 4 Drug Awareness

• Q10 All performance enhancing drugs are illegal.

• Answer FALSE
• A wide variety of performance-enhancing drugs is
  in use today. Many of them, such as steroids and
  amphetamines, are controlled substancesthat is,
  drugs whose manufacture, distribution, and use
  are subject to strict governmental regulation
  because of a high potential for abuse and medical
  complications. These drugs are often developed
  and used to treat real medical problems but are
  illegally repurposed by athletes or trainers as
  performance enhancers. Other types of drugs, such
  as health supplements, are legal but poorly
  regulated and researched.

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Need AssessmentSection 4 Drug Awareness

• Q11 Creatine, ephedra, and andro are some of the
  very few dietary supplements that are not
  dangerous.

• Answer FALSE
• Many food supplements are not regulated (nor
  tested) by the FDA.  They are generally
  unregulated by prescription.  In fact, many are
  sold over the counter in pharmacies, in health
  food or grocery stores, direct marketing, mass-mer
  chandise stores and the Internet.
• Andros, may upset the body's hormonal balance
  when it metabolizes into testosterone and
  estrogen.  There are reports of premature puberty
  and stunted growth in adolescents who have taken
  androstenedione.
• Creatine, Creatine appears to cause kidney
  problems in susceptible individuals.  Long-term
  effects of creatine are unknown.
• Ephedra is an herbal stimulant that acts like an
  amphetamine.  Supposedly, this aids weight loss
  by speeding up metabolism and decreasing the
  appetite. There are reports of  dozens of deaths
  and permanent injuries from the use of ephedra.

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Need AssessmentSection 4 Drug Awareness

• Q12 Performance enhancing drugs are only banned
  in professional sports.

• Answer FALSE

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Need AssessmentSection 4 Drug Awareness

• Q13 Although club drugs have an immediate effect
  on you, they have no lasting effects.

• Answer FALSE
• The bottom line on club drugs, particularly MDMA,
  is that given our current knowledge about these
  drugs, they appear to be extremely risky for
  anyone's health. MDMA has been shown to be
  neurotoxic, to cause long-lasting, or even
  permanent damage to the neurons that release
  serotonin and to have the ability to impair an
  individual's memory and cognitive performance.

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Need AssessmentSection 4 Drug Awareness

• Q14 If someone slipped a club drug into your
  drink, you would probably notice it immediately.

• Answer FALSE
• The drinks most commonly spiked are alcoholic
  drinks, but there is evidence that drugs have
  been used to lace soft drinks, coffee, tea and
  hot chocolate. It only takes a second to drop in
  a pill, or some powder or liquid. You may not
  notice a change in your drink, especially if you
  are at a noisy pub, a party or other social
  event. Some drugs used to spike drinks have no
  color, taste or smell, and may take a while to
  affect you.

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Need AssessmentSection 4 Drug Awareness

• Q15 OxyContin is safe because doctors prescribe
  it for pain.

• Answer FALSE
• Q How Is OxyContin Abused? OxyContin abusers
  either crush the tablet and ingest or snort it or
  dilute it in water and inject it. Crushing or
  diluting the tablet disarms the timed-release
  action of the medication and causes a quick,
  powerful high. Abusers have compared this feeling
  to the euphoria they experience when taking
  heroin. In fact, in some areas, the use of heroin
  is overshadowed by the abuse of OxyContin

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Need AssessmentSection 4 Drug Awareness

• Q16 Acid, windowpane, microdot, yellow sunshine,
  and boomers are all street names for LSD.

• Answer TRUE

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Need AssessmentSection 4 Drug Awareness

• Q17 Cleansing agents can remove all traces of
  drugs from the body if use appropriately.

• Answer FALSE
•  The most obvious way to pass a drug test is
  abstinence. If you don't use anything, you have
  nothing to worry about.

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Section 3 and 4 Alcohol and Drug Awareness
References

• American Society of Addiction Medicine
• DoD Health Related Behaviors Among Active Duty
  Military Personnel
• MethResources.gov
• National Drug Intelligence Center
• National Drug Threat Assessment
• National Inhalant Prevention Coalition
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Naval Health Research Center
• Naval Safety Center
• Navy Environmental Health Center
• SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and
  Drug Information
• Substance Abuse Mental Health Services
  Administration

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Need AssessmentSection 5 Prevention Awareness
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Need AssessmentSection 5 Prevention Awareness

• Q1 The Commanders at MCAS are actively involved
  in preventing or stopping illegal drug use and
  alcohol abuse on base.

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Need AssessmentSection 5 Prevention Awareness

• Q2 In the last 6 months, I have heard or seen
  drug and alcohol prevention messages (For
  examples, posters, pamphlets, training, etc.)

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Need AssessmentSection 5 Prevention Awareness

• Q3 How much of a problem do you think illegal
  drug use is on base?

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Need AssessmentSection 5 Prevention Awareness

• Q4 Which of the following do you think is more
  of a problem on base?

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Need AssessmentSection 5 Prevention Awareness

• OTHERS were listed as follows
• More Facilities needed (((GYM)))
• Combination of both equally
• Both equally
• Misuse and Abuse of GSE Gear
• Underage drinking
• Spouse abuse
• Tobacco
• Stress from work
• Any illegal drug use is a big problem
• 1flight schedule, 2 Speeding, 3 long working
  hours
• Both, often they are associated with each other
• Alcohol Promotion
• Im not sure there is a problem but out of the
  two there is more alcohol drank than drugs taken.
• Speeding

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Need AssessmentSection 5 Prevention Awareness

• Q5 Which do you think is more of a problem in
  the local Yuma area?.

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Need AssessmentSection 5 Prevention Awareness

• OTHERS were listed as follows
• Neither
• Too many illegal aliens
• Illegal aliens
• Alcohol abuse and reckless driving
• Both
• Both alcohol and illegal drugs
• Gangs and illegal drug use
• I dont know, too busy busting my ass
• Mexicans
• Both, since alcohol abusers often abuse drugs as
  well
• In the local community Im sure there is both
• Unsafe Driving
• People can't drive
• Gangs, which usually involve both alcohol and
  drugs.

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Need AssessmentSection 6 Prevention Awareness

• Q6 In your opinion, do many people on base use
  illegal drugs and/or abuse alcohol?.

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Need AssessmentSection 6 Prevention Awareness

• Q7 Do you know people who sell, deal, and/or
  manufacture illegal drugs?

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Need AssessmentSection 5 Prevention Awareness

• Q8 Have you ever seen or heard that illegal
  drugs being used on base?

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• Q9 How often do you think alcohol being abused
  on base?

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• Q10 Which illegal drugs have you heard being
  used most on this base? (Check all that apply)

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• Q11 I am not involved with the alcohol and other
  drug abuse prevention program in my command.

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• Q12 In addition to any genetic factors, what do
  you think is the primary factor that contributes
  to alcohol and illegal drug use?

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Need AssessmentSection 5 Prevention Awareness

• OTHERS were listed as follows
• Social/Peer pressure closely followed by
  Depression
• Combination of all above
• Boredom
• working hard for a full 12 hour shift and then
  going home to the barracks only to clean and get
  messed with for several more hours.
• all of the above
• Stupidity
• Experimentation
• Location. Yuma is next Mexico
• all of the above answers

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Need AssessmentSection 5 Prevention Awareness

• OTHERS were listed as follows
• lack of common sense
• All of the above, minus military downsizing
• If I would ever abuse a drug or alcohol it's
  because Im too stressed at work, which I am
• There is not a primary factor, if you try to
  focus on one you will not give enough attention
  to the rest. At least 75 are active factors
• all of the above
• Parental influence
• isolation, stress, deployment and peer pressure
  are some, since we are stationed in such an
  isolated area many young service members tend to
  abuse
• Social/peer pressure, Depression, Stress, Family
  problems, Deployment

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Need AssessmentSection 5 Prevention Awareness

• OTHERS were listed as follows
• personal choice
• Social Acceptance (perception that it is required
  for fun or relaxation)
• The want to drink
• All of the above
• Mental weakness
• Choice, period. Genetic factors are a copout
• Ease of access combined with the lack of
  oversight

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Need AssessmentSection 5 Prevention Awareness

• Q13 How many people, that are in your
  Unit/Department, have done illegal drugs and/or
  abuse alcohol?

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• Q14 If you wanted to use drugs, could you get
  them?

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• Q15 Where would you get them?

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• Q16 Would you report a Marine or Sailor for
  using illegal drugs, even though you think he/she
  is a "good Marine or Sailor?"

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• Q17 Would you report a Marine or Sailor, that
  you do not know, for using illegal drugs?

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• Q18 In your opinion, if you feel you have a
  problem with substance abuse, that you could go
  to your command and receive assistance?

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• Q19 Do you know before hand when your
  Unit/Department is conducting a urinalysis test?

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• Q20 How do you feel about your
  Unit's/Department's Urinalysis Program?

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• Q21 When was the last time you had any drug
  abuse prevention brief/training?

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• Q22 What prevention training program do you feel
  is more beneficial?

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• OTHERS were listed as follows
• I dont feel I need it
• Combination of lectures and interactive
• None they are all pretty worthless since it goes
  in one ear and out the other, I think it would be
  more effective if done on a more personal level
• Preventive leadership and knowledge of the
  subjects
• What ever takes more time away from work
• All of the above
• I believe that they are equally effective, since
  we can reach to every service member in different
  ways
• E-mail
• Weekly Info
• At this point in my life I don't need the
  classes. Just send me the email updates so I am
  aware of what to look for in someone who may have
  a problem.

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• Q23 In your opinion, which of the following are
  the best deterrents to illegal drug use? (Check
  all that apply)

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• Q24 Do you know your Unit's/Department's
  Substance Abuse Control Officer (SACO)?