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Drug amnesty program
CNO issues Z-gram 94
The details of the Navy's new drug amnesty program were spelled
out by the Chief of Naval Operations, when Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt,
Jr., issued Z-gram 94.
Announced by the Secretary of the Navy on July 9, the program al-
lows Navymen to turn themselves _______________________________________
infor drug treatment without fear
of disciplinary action. the am-
nesty applies only to voluntary
disclosures; and disclosure must
be made before apprehension or
warning under Article 31 of the
Uniform Code of Military Justice.
The user must demonstrate his
sincerity by declaring his "in-
tention to cooperate fully with
his own rehabilitation." The ex-
emption covers only illegal drug
possession and use; it does not
apply to drug-related offenses or
to the sale or transfer of drugs.
And the exemption can be granted
only once.
According to the Z-gram, the
exemption "affects only non-ju-
dicial punishment, court-martial
action, and separation with an
undesirable discharge." The pro-
gram "does not preclude modifica-
tions of security clearances,
duty assignment, flight status,
or other personnel or administra-
tive action." However, CNO en-
couraged commands to restore
clearances and assignments when
the individual's "rehabilitation
progress and other conditions
permit."
Disclosures must be made to a
specified exemption representa-
tive.
CNO stressed that the program
should not be used to encourage
informers and that the identifi-
cation of other drug users is not
a condition for amnesty. If o-
ther military users are named
during an exemption disclosure,
those people will be informed of
their right to counsel and will
be afforded 24 hours in which to
apply for exemption themselves.
Admiral Zumwalt also outlined
the general policy for dealing
with drug abusers, whether or not
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they come under the amnesty pro-
gram. Navymen who have used hard
narcotics will be examined by a
local medical facility to deter-
mine whether they are "drug de-
pendent." Those who are will be
transferred to a naval hospital
for detoxification and then, gen-
erally, to the new Navy Drug Re-
habilitation Center at the Mira-
mar (Calif.) Naval Air Station,
or to an equivalent facility on
the East Coast. Experimenters
will usually be rehabilitated at
the local level.
Users of minor drugs, such as
marijuana, will initially be
counseled and treated at the lo-
cal command level or at a locally
established drug control center.
CNO concluded his message by
stating, "I am very personally
concerned that we make every ef-
fort to prevent any further
spread of drug involvement in the
Navy and at the same time to as-
sist those shipmates who unfortu-
nately have already become in-
volved. With the cooperation and
support of all hands, this exemp-
tion program can provide assist-
ance to those individuals who are
sincere in seeking help."
Customs officials
stiffen postal
parcel policies
To prevent the importation of
narcotics through the U. S. mail,
the customs office issued in-
structions last May implementing
a 100 percent inspection and ex-
amination of all military mail,
including official mail, to the
U. S. from overseas military
bases.
The instructions state that
there are three areas where laxity
in postal procedures is hampering
these investigations of military
mail.
For example, the acceptance
procedures for parcel post has
been lax, and they will now be
more strictly enforced. Such en-
forcements are: Personal parcels
will be accepted only from peop'
who are authorized military pi
tal privileges; Permanent
cards must be presented by
mailer, and thoroughly checked,
and if a person is mailing a
package for another, he is re-
quired to enter his name, service
number, etc., on the parcel near
the return address; Customs dec-
laration forms must be completed
in detail and the description of
the contents evaluated carefully
by the accepting clerks. All
parcels must bear the sender's
complete return address, name
and social security or file/ser-
vice number.
Another lax area is the in-
(See POSTAL, Page 11)
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Bobbie N. For-
tenberry is pre-
sented the Sus-
tained Superior
Performance A-
ward earned as
the secretary
i n the base
Housing Office.
The award was
presented b y
Cdr. Thomas H.
Wilson, NavSta
XO, July 30,and
noted her per-
formance from
June 1970, thi
beginning of
award period

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