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Originally Posted by johnny83  What is the name of your state? California
I am recieving a general discharge from the Navy. To make a long story short, I was deployed, injured, denied pain medication but at the same time was given the opportunity to go home early from deployment. I stayed on deployment and self medicated, therefore it is a drug case. I just want to serve my country. If that means enlisting in another branch, fine. As it stands now, I am appealing my separation ruling and am still in the Navy. If anybody has ANY advice I would greatly appreciate it.What is the name of your state? |
"Self Medicating" is something only civilians get to do and even then it's illegal for the most part. I understand your dilema, I have been in a similar situation where the meds I was receiving where insuficient for the pain I was in and as a result I took it upon myself. Doctors are not always right and quite often can be indiferent to a patients pain.
The military has a zero tolerance on drugs and that includes prescription drugs too if they are not prescribed to you.
As Shorty said: Fight it with your legal counsel (request to see base legal if you haven't) and maybe it can just be handled with an article 15 and you will beable to finish your enlistment or possibly re-enlist if that is what you want.
In the mean time don't take any medicine that is not prescribed to you.
03-07-2007, 03:59 AM
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