Marijuana Drug Testing » DOD test http://www.marijuanadrugtesting.org Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:19:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Marijuana Drug Testing in the Military http://www.marijuanadrugtesting.org/2010/01/marijuana-drug-testing-in-the-military.html http://www.marijuanadrugtesting.org/2010/01/marijuana-drug-testing-in-the-military.html#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:03:32 +0000 Drug Testing http://www.marijuanadrugtesting.org/?p=4 Drug testing in the military is much stricter and more controlled than in most other environments. Safety and clear presence of mind are highly important in a combat situation and so drugs are highly unwelcome in the field and in even practice scenarios. The DOD tests under random drug screening; probable cause; medical testing, such [...]]]> Drug testing in the military is much stricter and more controlled than in most other environments. Safety and clear presence of mind are highly important in a combat situation and so drugs are highly unwelcome in the field and in even practice scenarios. The DOD tests under random drug screening; probable cause; medical testing, such as when a new recruit joins; Consent, wherein the commander asks the officer to allow drug testing and the officer consents and Commander directed, wherein the commander directs the officer to give a sample.

Each service member must undergo at least one drug screening each year. Those who are in the reserves or the National Guard must complete a drug test at least once every two years. When a sample is taken, the military member signs their own initials to the bottle. These bottles are boxed in batches and a chain of custody document is maintained while it goes to the lab for testing.  Anyone who touches and handles the batch must sign the form and document what they did with the batch while it was in their custody. These precautionary measures have to be adhered to right into the lab itself.

The samples pass through an immunoassay screening. Positive results are then put through the same process again. Those that are still positive are then sent through a gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry test. This will then determine specific substances in the sample. If the sample comes back lower than a certain level, it is reported back as negative. Using this method, false positives can be ruled out.

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