The Marine Corps is conducting random drug testing at one base in North Carolina because of reports that personnel there are using the hallucinogenic drug lysergic acid diethylamide, better known as LSD.
The 2nd Marine Division in Jacksonville, N.C., has conducted nearly 4,000 random tests for LSD since the start of the summer.
Maj. Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the division commander, said the recent rise in LSD use among sailors and Marines on the base has prompted them to change how they test for illegal substances.
In the past, the Department of Defense drug lab only accepted individual samples for LSD testing as part of a larger law enforcement investigation. Because of the spike in LSD use at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, random testing for LSD is now an option, officials said.
“We have a drug problem in the 2nd Marine Division,” Maj. Gen. Donovan said in a statement. “We are committed to identifying the violators of our ethos.
The vast majority of Marines within the 2nd Marine Division routinely uphold our core values and they deserve to know that the Marines to their left and right are doing the same.”
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Update: ‘We have a drug problem’: Camp Lejeune starts random LSD testing (Stars and Stripes)
WNU Editor: Warnings of LSD use in the Navy were first issued this summer .... NCIS Warns Navy After LSD Investigations Surge 70% (Military.com)
Oops. I I thought this was about a different LSD problem.
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