Random drug testing should be mandatory for all military personnel........
A close friend's son died of an overdose a bunch of years ago. He was a West Point grad who got his appointment to the academy from his CO when he was just an enlistee.
He was severely injured in Iraq with a broken back and recuperated at Ft. Hood. He was then reassigned to West Point as a class advisor and that's where he died.
While my friend has never discussed the circumstances of his son, my thoughts are he became addicted to opioids due to his injury..........
It is.
I work for DOD and I get randomly drug tested... So it is still out there...