Alcohol And Drug Prevention And Control Program

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ADAPCP 1Alcohol and Drug Prevention and Control ProgramADAPCPThe Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program (ADAPCP) is a substance abuse treatment program used in the Armed Forces. The DA’s policy on alcohol is that “abuse or excessive use of alcohol will not be condoned or accepted as part of any military tradition, ceremony, or event.” This program is mandated by the public law 92-129, which is a law that mandated a program (ADAPCP) for the identification and treatment of drug and alcohol dependent person in the Armed Forces. The program is decentralized, and alcohol and other drug abuse and related activities are addressed in this single program. Any individual that is part of the armed forces (whether on active duty or retired), as well as, their prospective family members are available for this service. This program is necessary to protect Army and unit combat readiness and personnel’s health and welfare. There are seven functional areas of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program. they are as follows: prevention, education, identification, rehabilitation, treatment, program evaluation, and research. There are nine objectives of ADAPCP:. Reduce the abuse of alcohol and the availability and abuse of other drugs within the Armed Forces. . Prevent alcohol and other drug abuse.. Identify alcohol and other drug abusers as early as possible. ADAPCP 2. Restore both military and civilian employee alcohol and other drug abusers to effective duty.. Provide for program evaluation and research.. Ensure that effective alcohol and drug abuse prevention education is provided at all levels.. Ensure that adequate resources and facilities are provided to successfully and effectively accomplish the ADAPCP mission.. Ensure that all military and civilian personnel assigned to ADAPCP staffs are appropriately trained and experienced to effectively accomplish their mission.. Achieve maximum productivity, reduced absenteeism and among DA civilian employees by preventing and controlling abuse of alcohol and other drugs.The rehabilitation program of the Alcohol Drug Abuse Prevention and Control program consists of two phases; the active phase and the follow-up phase. The active phase usually lasts for sixty (60) days while the length of the follow-up phase usually lasts for three hundred (300) days or ten (10) months. The person responsible for the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program is the Commander. The Commander is also responsible for making sure that information on alcohol and other drug abuse and prevention aspects are provided to all members to include civilian employees and their dependents. There are four important items that the Commander must do to make the program beneficial to the clients, they are as follows: ADAPCP 3. Ensure that the prevention program (ADAPCP) is aimed specifically at individual target groups.. Ensure that the prevention program is coordinated with local civilian community efforts in drug and alcohol prevention.. Encourage a high degree of involvement of military community members in local civilian community prevention efforts.. Coordinate quality of life initiative with prevention activities by providing alternatives.The Commander must conduct a briefing or an evaluation of the soldier within seven days of his or her arrival into the program. The evaluation is a vital part of the assessment process in planning, decision making, and management of the client (soldier). The Commander identifies the soldier as a possible drug or alcohol abuser by five objectives; they are as follows, self referral or self identification, command identification, biochemical identification, medical identification, and investigation and apprehension. Self-referral/ self-identification is considered the most beneficial method due to the soldiers’ realization that he/she has a drug or alcohol problem and seeks assistance. Command identification is where the commander becomes aware of a soldier whose performance, conduct, interpersonal relations, physical fitness, or health appears to be affected by alcohol or drug abuse. Biochemical identification is where the soldier is demanded to take a urine test and is identified as a drug or alcohol user by the positive urine test. Medical identification is where a physician gathers ADAPCP 4clinical information about the client and confirms that the soldier has a drug or alcohol addiction. After a soldier is clinically confirmed as an alcohol or other drug abuser he/she can be afforded treatment in the rehabilitation program for thirty days. Lastly, investigation and apprehension is where the soldier is referred to the CCC (Community Counseling Center), followed by enrollment into the ADAPCP for education and rehabilitation. When the Commander refers a soldier, he or she must participate in one or more of the three ADAPCP tracks. . Track I involves awareness education and group counseling, as required. Enrollment will not exceed thirty (30) days.. Track II includes nonresidential rehabilitation, which is an intensive individual, or group counseling which may include awareness education. Enrollment is for a minimum of thirty (30) days. . Track III involves residential rehabilitation where there is medical treatment with nonresidential follow-up. Enrollment in this track is limited to those clients who have been evaluated by a physician as requiring residential treatment. Generally, residentia