The Army Substance Abuse Program

1 army Regulation 600 85 Personnel GeneralThe ArmySubstanceAbuseProgramHeadquartersDep artment of the ArmyWashington, DC28 December 2012 UNCLASSIFIEDSUMMARY of CHANGEAR 600 85 The army Substance Abuse ProgramThis administrative revision, dated 11 March 2014--o Supersedes army Directive Replaces AR 635-5 (Separation Documents) with AR 635-8 (Separation Processingand Documents) (app A).HeadquartersDepartment of the ArmyWashington, DC28 December 2012 Personnel GeneralThe army Substance Abuse Program * army Regulation 600 85 Effective 28 December 2012H i s t o r y.

2 T h i s p u b l i c a t i o n i s a na d m i n i s t r a t i v e r e v i s i o n . T h e p o r t i o n saffected by this administrative revision arelisted in the summary of This regulation governs theArmy Substance Abuse Program . It iden-tifies army policy on alcohol and otherdrug Abuse , and it identifies assigned re-s p o n s i b i l i t i e s f o r i m p l e m e n t i n g t h This regulation applies tot h e A c t i v e A r m y , t h e A r m y N a t i o n a lGuard/ army National Guard of the UnitedStates when in Title 10 status (NationalGuardsmen in Title 32 status should referto chapter 15 of this regulation)

3 , the r m y R e s e r v e , a n d D e p a r t m e n t o f t h eArmy Civilian Corps members. Chapter15 applies specifically to the army Na-tional Guard of the United States, whilechapter 16 applies to the army Re-serve. However, other chapters of the reg-ulation apply to Soldiers of the ArmyReserve and the army National Guard,when indicated. Chapter 5 applies to De-p a r t m e n t o f t h e A r m y C i v i l i a n C o r p sm e m b e r s.

4 C h a p t e r 6 a p p l i e s t o D e p a r t -ment of the army Civilian Corps mem-b e r s , m i l i t a r y a n d c i v i l i a n e m p l o y e e s ,Family members, and military and exception proponent of this regulation is theDeputy Chief of Staff, G 1. The propo-nent has the authority to approve excep-tions or waivers to this regulation that areconsistent with controlling law and regu-lations. The proponent may delegate thisapproval authority, in writing, to a divi-sion chief within the proponent agency orits direct reporting unit or field operatingagency, in the grade of colonel or thecivilian equivalent.

5 Activities may requesta waiver to this regulation by providingjustification that includes a full analysis oft h e e x p e c t e d b e n e f i t s a n d m u s t i n c l u d ef o r m a l r e v i e w b y t h e a c t i v i t y s s e n i o rlegal officer. All waiver requests will bee n d o r s e d b y t h e c o m m a n d e r o r s e n i o rleader of the requesting activity and for-warded through their higher headquartersto the policy proponent.

6 Refer to AR 25-30 for specific internal control process. Thisregulation contains internal control provi-sions in accordance with AR 11 2 andidentifies key internal controls that mustbe evaluated (see appendix H).S u p p l e m e n t a t i o n . S u p p l e m e n t a t i o n o fthis regulation and establishment of com-mand and local forms are prohibited with-o u t p r i o r a p p r o v a l o f D e p u t y C h i e f o fStaff, G 1 (DAPE HRS), 300 army Pen-tagon, Washington, DC 20310 improvements.

7 Users areinvited to send comments and suggestedimprovements on DA Form 2028 (Recom-m e n d e d C h a n g e s t o P u b l i c a t i o n s a n dBlank Forms) directly to Office of DeputyChief of Staff, G 1 (DAPE HRS), 300A r m y P e n t a g o n , W a s h i n g t o n , D C20310 management. AR 15-1 re-quires the proponent to justify establish-i n g / c o n t i n u i n g c o m m i t t e e ( s ) , c o o r d i n a t edraft publications, and coordinate changesin committee status with the ArmyResources and programs Agency, Depart-ment of the army Committee Manage-m e n t O f f i c e ( A A R P - Z A ) , 9 3 0 1 C h a p e kRoad, Building 1458, Fort Belvoir, VA22060-5527.

8 Further, if it is determinedt h a t a n e s t a b l i s h e d g r o u p i d e n t i f i e dwithin this regulation, later takes on thecharacteristics of a committee, as found inthe AR 15-1, then the proponent will fol-l o w a l l A R 1 5 - 1 r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r e s -tablishing and continuing the group as This regulation is availablein electronic media only and is intendedfor command levels A, B, C, D, and E fort h e A c t i v e A r m y , t h e A r m y N a t i o n a lGuard/ army National Guard of the UnitedStates, and the army Reserve.

9 *This regulation supersedes AR 600 85, dated 2 February 2009. This is an administrative revision of AR 600 600 85 28 December 2012iUNCLASSIFIEDC ontents (Listed by paragraph and page number)Chapter 1 General, page 1 Purpose 1 1, page 1 References 1 2, page 1 Explanation of abbreviations and terms 1 3, page 1 Responsibility 1 4, page 1 Program authority 1 5, page 1 army Center Substance Abuse Program mission and objectives 1 6, page 1 army Substance Abuse Program concept and principles 1 7, page 1 army Values and the Warrior Ethos 1 8, page 3 army Substance Abuse Program eligibility criteria 1 9.

10 Page 3 Manpower staffing 1 10, page 4 Labor relations 1 11, page 4 Chapter 2 Responsibilities, page 4 Deputy Chief of Staff, G 1 2 1, page 4 Director of Human Resources Policy 2 2, page 4 Director, army Substance Abuse Program 2 3, page 5 Deputy Chief of Staff, G 3/5/7 2 4, page 5 The Surgeon General, army Medical Command 2 5, page 6 The Judge Advocate General 2 6, page 6 Chief, National Guard Bureau 2 7, page 6 Commanders of army Commands, army service component commands, and direct reporting units 2 8, page 6 Chief, army Reserve 2 9, page 7 Commander, Installation Management Command 2 10, page 7 Commander, army Criminal Investigation Command 2 11, page 7 Commander, army Corps of Engineers 2 12, page 7 Director of army Safety 2 13, page 8 Commanders of regional medical commands 2 14.