Drug Use and Abuse: Background Information for Security Personnel

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PREFACE This report provides background information for investigators, polygraphers and adjudicators who make judgments relating to illegal or improper drug use by cleared employees or applicants. It will also be helpful in developing training programs. setting standards and policies, and in documenting the basis for security concern with drug use. report may be useful to counselors in employee assistance programs. This is the sixth in a series of studies of behaviors that raise questions about personnel security and suitability. Previous studies dealt with alcohol use and abuse, financial irresponsibility, compulsive gambling, crime, and sexual behavior. These reports are pan of the research agenda recommended by the 1985 Stilwell Commission Report, Keeping the Nation's Secrets: A Report to the Secretary of Defense by the Commission to Review DoD Security Policies and Practices. This review and synthesis of the unclassified research literature does not make policy recommendations, nor does it necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Government. Individual managers and supervisors should judge the significance of the information for their activities and communicate appropriate guidance to their personnel. This report was prepared for the Central Intelligence Agency with support and assistance from the Defense Personnel Security Research Center, and it is being disseminated by both organizations. Descriptors : *SECURITY PERSONNEL , *DRUG USERS , POLICIES , STANDARDS , DRUG ABUSE , ROLES(BEHAVIOR) , INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS , BACKGROUND , JUDGEMENT(PSYCHOLOGY)