[MMike]

<* sighs, shaking head sadly *>


http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/02/05/valcartier_drugs040205

19 Afghanistan-bound soldiers test positive for drugs

Last Updated Thu, 05 Feb 2004 11:32:44

VALCARTIER, QUE. - Seventeen soldiers at the Valcartier military base in Quebec have tested positive for illicit drug use, scuttling plans to send them to Afghanistan.

"The chain of command is now taking appropriate preventive measures to ensure the safety of troops deployed in Afghanistan," Lt.-Col. Bernard Ouellette, acting commander of 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, said in a statement.

Urine samples submitted by two other soldiers not bound for Operation Athena in Afghanistan also showed signs of drug use.

All 19 soldiers face disciplinary measures that could include dismissal from the Canadian Forces, the Department of National Defence said.

Acting on a tip, military police searched the base this week with drug-detecting dogs.

A total of 29 soldiers in the 3rd Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment submitted urine samples to be tested for a variety of unspecified drugs. Ten of the samples were clear of drugs.

 

[llkoolkeg]

Now there's a shocker. Soldiers get fvcked up. Some of the most raunchy, drunk parties I ever attended in high school were at the apartment of my local tennis opponent, a marine corporal. I used to know soldiers who would use harder drugs like MDMA, LSD, etc. instead of THC because they would clear the system faster than weed. Could the whole convoluted drug-test Bravo Sierra program have an inherent flaw?

 

[slein]

... that our forces are stretched thin and we're gonna put less troopies in AFGHANISTAN soon. that's half a platoon short we'll be.

what's astonishing is that there were many... i wonder if there was some sorta ring going on. obviously officers will get off easier than the non-commz i bet.