• December 18th, 2009

  Department of Defense drug tests

  Random tests are pain in the neck, but what can be worse than a random test in the Army? By regulation, each military member must be tested at least once a year. New recruits are required to undergo urinalysis when enlisting – medical testing is accomplished in compliance with any specific requirements. The Defense Department is desires more frequent random testing of active duty military, reservists and civilian employees.
  Navy sailors get drug tested 3 times a year, on average.
  If a commander has probable cause that certain soldier is under the influence of drugs, after the issue of “military search warrant” urinalysis can be performed to confirm or refute the probable cause. Soldiers cannot decline to provide a urine sample that has been authorized by a military search warrant.

  If a commander does not have probable cause, he/she can ask the soldier for “consent to search.” If a soldier refuses to grant consent, and if the commander does not have enough evidence to warrant a probable-cause search warrant, the commander may order the soldier to give a urine sample anyway.

  At the lab, samples go through immunoassay screening. If a sample tests positive for the presence of drugs, they perform a second screening. And if a sample comes up positive during two screening tests, they perform a more specific GC/MS test (gas chromatography/mass spectrometry). This test can identify specific substances within the urine samples.

  Department of Defense labs can check for:
  Marijuana,
  Cocaine,
  Amphetamines,
  LSD,
  Opiates (morphine and heroin),
  Barbiturates,
  PCP.

  Commanders can request samples to be tested for steroids. In this case, the samples are sent to the Olympic testing laboratory at the University of California at Los Angeles.
  As we can see, in the military they can test you when they want, wherever the want, and one doesn’t really have a choice, since a refusal would only raise a suspicion and lead to obligatory test anyway. To be fully prepared for a test like that, make sure to get some at home test kits. You can either clean your system with the help of permanent cleansers (detox kits) or urine additives – they work fast and need almost no preparation.

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