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

OPNAVINST 5350.4D
4 Jun 09
of non-alcoholic beverages must be provided for those who choose
not to drink alcohol. All military personnel are ultimately
responsible for their own actions.
h. Navy's policy on drug abuse is "zero tolerance." Navy
members determined to be using, possessing, promoting,
manufacturing, or distributing drugs and/or drug abuse
paraphernalia (in violation of applicable provisions of
reference (b), Federal, State, local statutes, or this
instruction) shall be disciplined as appropriate and processed
for ADSEP as required. Members diagnosed as drug dependent
shall be offered treatment prior to separation.
1. Navy members shall never wrongfully possess, distribute
2r abuse drugs, be in possession of drug abuse paraphernalia, or
oe under the unauthorized influence of prescribed drugs.
Members shall report all prescription medications received from
son-military Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs) to their chain
2f command and ensure they are entered into their military
~ealth record.
j. Navy's drug abuse policy is not subordinate to any
foreign, State, or local ordinance, which may permit the use,
possessi~~, distribution, or prescription of a controlled
substance.
K. The purchase, possession, introduction, distribution, or
dse of any product or device of any kind that are used, intended
for use or designed for use by personnel to defeat Navy's Drug
Testing program (e.g., substituting urine; masking urine;
diluting urine; taking a product to flush one's system before
providing a urine sample; chemically altering, adulterating, or
nodifying one's own urine; using a foreign device), for the
purpose of circumventing a urinalysis test or assisting another
in attempting to do the same, is prohibited and is a violation
df this instruction. Personnel in violation of this provision
2re in violation of a lawful general order and shall be
subjected to discipline and administrative action as
appropriate. In addition, members who observe or have
information that another service member(s) has purchased,
possessed, introduced, distributed, or used any such products or
devices must report such information to his/her defeated or has
attempted to defeat drug-testing detection must report such
information to their chain of command.