Drug Testing in the Military
v 1.0 - May 19, 2005
- NavyAccording to Navy Times (Nov 29, 2004), the average navy sailor is drug tested 3 times each year. In 2003, navy people submitted 1,289,911 samples for urinalysis, up 61% in the past five years. 4,219 of those tested positive (330 per 100,000). Marijuana is the most common drug that results in a positive test followed by cocaine, methamphetamine, and "club drugs such as Ecstasy". The navy began regularly testing for drugs in 1981.