CNN: US Navy investigating Japan-based sailors for drug use, sales
(CNN)A number of US Navy sailors based in Japan are being investigated for alleged use and distribution of drugs, a spokesman for the US Seventh Fleet confirmed to CNN.
News of the investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) was first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Friday. The paper said the drugs involved included LSD and ecstasy, among others, and that at least a dozen US Navy personnel were under suspicion.
The Journal report said some of those being investigated were serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan as well as on shore in Japan. Suspicions that drugs had been sold to local Japanese residents means that Japanese authorities are also investigating, the Journal said.
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Update: Navy investigating sailors in Japan over alleged drug activity (The Hill)
WNU Editor: The U.S. Navy has enough problems .... and now this.
2 comments:
Do not be surprised. Use of illegal drugs in every branch of the US military mirrors US society as a whole, and is a significant problem.
Fully agree. And cryptocurrencies have made access to drugs so much easier. In many countries you can order crack, heroine and whatever your heart desires online. .pay with bitcoin, get it delivered. .. if hard drugs are that easy to get, and you spend days on a ship, 8hrs of it confined to small quarters, far from home, of course they'll have drug issues. And you're right, military personnel is a reflection of society.
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