European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                13 machines allow faster drug testing by Betty Bell staff writer Frankfurt thirteen new drug screening machines in Usa eur should Lead to a decrease in substance abuse among soldiers by increasing the number of Surprise checks that can be made an Alco hol and drug officer said. We believe the machine is highly effective said James m. Henderer Frankfurt alcohol and drug officer. We can know the screening results of a test Sample within 72 hours. Wiesbaden has a two week Turna round. It Only takes about 70 seconds to run the actual test. In the past we were allowed to Send Only a limited number of test samples to the Wiesbaden lab. We re now Able to go beyond the allocations and test the Community More frequently if  the new drug screening device weeds out the negative urine test samples for cocaine and the a chemical found in marijuana. Previously All urine samples from the communities that now have the Syva St Sam ple processor machine were sent to the army s Wiesbaden lab for processing. Now Only the 4 percent tested positive by the Syva Are sent to the Wiesbaden la for confirmation. Ninety six percent of what we used to Send to Wiesbaden no longer goes Hen Derer said wednesday. Although the machine has been in use in Frankfurt since August it was introduced to Frankfurt area Community commander tuesday. The ability to test More frequently really serves As a deterrent Henderer said. Soldiers no longer will be Able to assume that once they Are tested they will not be tested again for several months he said. However because Only 13 of the machines Are available the vast majority of units must still Send urine samples to wies Baden he said. Any Soldier whose test comes up positive must be referred to the alcohol and drug abuse prevention and control program and App and May receive uniform code of military Justice action Henderer said. Since we can report results More frequently we re Able to identify not Only the drug abuser but also the casual user he1said. As a service to the Frankfurt Community a Parent urine program has been started. Parents can have us screen the urine of their minor children who they suspect May be using drugs Henderer said. If the test is positive parents Are encouraged to enrol the youth into and App for rehabilitation. No Legal action is taken and it s  Friday March 21, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger talks with pfc. Michael dues left at Crafe Moehr Germany train Evret Weinberger talks shop during lunch with gis at Grafe Woehr training area to t nyx Pmj t a y