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The Navy on Thursday said it caught 64 sailors illegally distributing or using the designer drug known as “spice,” according to The Navy Times.
Spice, which is also known as fake marijuana due to its effects, is made with synthetic cannabinoid compounds and prohibited in the Navy.
The Navy said it is discharging the sailors, who were assigned to the USS San Francisco nuclear submarine, the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, and a floating dry dock, The Navy Times added. Two more sailors from the submarine are being investigated.
When the Navy conducted an investigation, some sailors admitted using methamphetamine, cocaine, and other drugs.
“Our sailors must understand the dangers and consequences of using drugs—substance abuse risks the lives of shipmates and erodes readiness,” Rear Adm. Frank Caldwell, the commander of the Pacific Fleet submarine force, told the Los Angeles Times.
