Latest "drugs" stories

Navy to test SEALs, special warfare sailors for steroids and PEDs

The measure will require 15% of a naval special warfare unit’s population to undergo performance enhancing drug testing each month.

By Diana Stancy Correll

2 months ago

Miramar Marine gets 12 years for cross-border drug smuggling

Roberto Salazar II even commissioned "a Mexican songwriter to write a drug ballad known as a ‘narcocorrido’ about him."

7 months ago

Navy seizes $1 million in drugs, rescues mariners who set boat on fire

The Navy seized an estimated $1 million in drugs this past weekend from smugglers who set fire to their fishing vessel.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

13 months ago

Some military treatment facilities failed to limit ADHD prescription lengths, audit finds

At least 65 military treatment facilities ignored Defense Health Agency guidance to limit ADHD prescriptions to no more than 90-day supplies.

By Harm Venhuizen

3 years ago

Two Hawaii men charged with making and selling LSD, allegedly sold it to service members

The case began when a confidential informant told the Air Force Office of Special Investigations that an individual was using Snapchat to advertise and sell drugs to active-duty military service members.

By Harm Venhuizen

3 years ago

Prosecutors: Minesweeper drug dealer nabbed in acid, ecstasy plot

If found guilty on a single charge of wrongful possession with the intent to distribute, he faces a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and up to 15 years behind bars.

By Mark D. Faram

4 years ago