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- ↑ "ASAP Public Home / Laws & Regulations". United States Army Center for Substance Abuse. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 Army Regulation 600–85 (PDF). Washington, DC: Headquarters Department of the Army. 2009. p. 149.
- ↑ AR 40–400, paragraphs 3–14 through 3–16
- ↑ Derefinko, Karen. "Substance Use and Psychological Distress Before and After the Military to Civilian Transition". AMSUS. Military Medicine.
