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Commandant
2100
2ND
STREET,
SW
United
States
Coast
Guard
WASHINGTON,
DC
20593-0001
(202)
267-2248
COMDTINST
5355.2
4
DEC
1991
COMMANDANT
INSTRUCTION
5355.2
Subj:
Drug
Dependency
Rehabilitation
Procedures
Ref:
(a)
Title
10
U.S.C.
1090
(b)
COMDTINST
M1000.6A,
CG
Personnel
Manual,
Chapter
20
(c)
COMDTINST
M6330.1,
Alcohol
Abuse
Treatment
and
Prevention
Program
1.
PURPOSE.
This
Instruction
establishes
Coast
Guard
policy
and procedures
for
rehabilitation
of
active
duty
members
for
drugs
other
than
alcohol
(hereafter
referred
to as
drug
dependent).
2.
BACKGROUND..
a.
Reference
(a)
requires
the
Coast
Guard
to
"provide
necessary
facilities
to
identify,
treat,
and
rehabilitate"
members
who
are
dependent on
drugs
or
alcohol.
Reference
(b)
provides
the
policy
for
the
identification
of those dependent on
drugs
and/or
alcohol.
Reference
(c)
provides
the
policy
and procedures
for
alcohol
abuse
treatment
and
prevention.
b.
Coast
Guard
policy
is to discharge members
found
to
use
drugs
as
specified
in
Chapter
20,
Section
C of reference
(b).
This
rehabilitation
policy
in no
way
eases
or rescinds
that
policy.
Treatment
will be
scheduled
immediately
prior
to discharge.
3.
POLICY.
a.
Coast
Guard
members
diagnosed
as
drug
dependent will be
offered
rehabilitative
treatment.
The
diagnosis of
drug
dependency will be
confirmed
by a
physician
although
the
initial
screening
may
have
involved
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