U.K. bases issue ban on 2 emerging drugs

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U.K. bases issue ban on 2 emerging drugs
By Mark Abramson, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Monday, September 22, 2008

A new order at RAF Lakenheath and RAF Feltwell aims to get tough on anyone who gets mixed up with a powerful hallucinogenic plant that is legal in the United Kingdom, other parts of Europe and parts of the United States.

Col. Jay Silveria, 48th Fighter Wing commanding officer, issued the order Sept. 12. It warns that anyone caught using, distributing or possessing salvia divinorum — or Magic Mint and Sally D, as it is known — could be booted out of the Air Force or court-martialed.

The order also applies to Spice, which has been called a legal form of marijuana.

"The presence of persons, in a military environment, who engage in drug abuse through the use of either salvia divinorum or Spice seriously impairs the ability to accomplish the military’s mission," Silveria wrote in the order. "Members who abuse drugs such as salvia divinorum or Spice adversely affect the ability of all units at the 48th Fighter Wing."

Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas is the only other military base or unit with a similar order, U.S. Air Forces Europe and Pentagon officials said.


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