PREVENTION

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• PREVENTION
• TRAINING

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POLICY

• Marines at all levels will receive prevention
  education and training at least annually.
• Key elements of this program are prevention,
  timely identification, intervention, appropriate
  discipline, or other administrative actions,
  followed by restoration to full duty or
  separation as appropriate.
• Units are responsible for providing preventive
  education and training to all Marines.

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GOALS

• Create a command climate
• A critical prerequisite to preventing alcohol
  abuse is the positive example set by those in
  positions of authority.
• Measures of Effectiveness (MOE)
• Develop an annual prevention-training plan and
  create Measures of Effectiveness (MOE), which
  will be used to evaluate and determine program
  effectiveness.

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TRAINING

• The primary purpose of prevention education and
  training is to provide requisite knowledge of
  drug and alcohol abuse and their effects, and to
  assist in making a responsible decision on use.
• A secondary purpose is to train military and
  civilian supervisors in the important role of
  eliminating illegal drug use and reducing alcohol
  use.

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TRAINING

• Officers and SNCOs will receive annual supervisor
  training in drug and alcohol abuse prevention.
• Noncommissioned Officers will receive drug and
  alcohol abuse prevention training through an
  approved course provided by the Installation
  SACC.
• Basic Alcohol Skills Intervention Curriculum
  (BASIC)

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PROACTIVE MEASURES

• A proactive measure readily available to
  commanders is the control over local command
  policies.
• Commanders should institute policies, which
  support responsible consumption of alcohol in all
  aspects of club and community recreational
  activities.

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DETERRENT MEASURES

• Periodic announced and unannounced health and
  welfare inspections of billeting areas and
  workspaces.
• Random vehicle checkpoints to deter driving while
  intoxicated. Checkpoints should not be limited
  to access points, but employed throughout the
  installation.
• Aggressive random urinalysis testing.
• The use of drug detection dogs.

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EARLY IDENTIFICATION

• Early identification is a method of preventing a
  problem before it irreparable damages the
  Marine's career, results in physical harm, or
  seriously affects unit readiness.

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WARNING SIGNS

• Duty logs, military/civilian police blotters,
  emergency medical treatment facility records, and
  any other incident reporting systems.
• Hung Over
• Persistent or recurrent social or interpersonal
  problems.
• A recurrent problem of excessive drinking.
• Reports of blackouts or high tolerance.

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RESOURCES

• Alcohol Aware- Units level
• Family Advocacy Program
• Regional Veteran Affairs
• Chaplain
• Semper Fit
• Drug Demand Reduction Coordinator