Fed: 24 military personnel face action after positive drug tests

AAP General News (Australia)
04-17-2006
Fed: 24 military personnel face action after positive drug tests

A handful of Australian military personnel face punishment after returning positive drugs tests.

The 24 face disciplinary action following random drug tests on more than one thousand
army, navy and air force personnel last year.

The Australian newspaper reports today Defence Minister BRENDAN NELSON confirmed the
results yesterday.

It comes as the federal government considers relaxing rules governing entry to the
defence forces which would allow former cannabis users to join the military.



Dr NELSON says it made little sense to exclude a person from a possible military career
simply because they had once tried drugs .. but a zero tolerance policy would apply once
they had joined the armed forces.

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