A four-day course provided Soldiers here training on how to administer drug tests and alcohol screenings, and offered information on substance abuse prevention strategies and services, the...
If there is one overriding element that Navy Lt. Cmdr. (Dr.) Eric Serpico would like you to know about National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week, it’s that help is accessible, and care available.
People can use substances, including alcohol, illicit drugs, or legal prescription medication, and not be addicted. However, when a person continues to use drugs or alcohol or prescription medication beyond the time it is prescribed for, it is substance abuse and dependence, or “substance use disorder.”
