It seems this is a common problem that the US Naval Academy faces. Another midshipman was expelled from the force for using or having a banned weed-like substance known as “spice”. No spice. This brings the total number of expulsions to 12.
In January and February this year, 11 students were expelled from the academy as a part of an ongoing investigation into the violation of the Naval Academy’s zero tolerance policy regarding illicit drug use or possession.
Vice Admiral Michael H Miller, Superintendent of the Naval Academy, explained:
“Our purpose is to produce leaders, and as such, we will not graduate or commission any illicit drug user. This type of character flaw is simply incompatible with leading the Sailors of the 21st century.”
One can understand because one wouldn’t want any naval exercises to be turned into a game of Battleship’s.
“Spice,” also commonly branded as K2, and known as a synthetic marijuana product, gets marketed as incense and sold online and at convenience stores for about R230 for a three gram bag.
It produces similar effects to the real thing but it’s actually just herbs sprayed with a synthetic compound chemically similar to THC and mostly made in China.
[Source: Reuters]
[imagesource:instagram/britneyspears] When I first saw Britney Spears' latest Instagram...
[imagesource:rsaweb] Change a life. Connect a child. Did you know, that RSAWEB is on...
[imagesource:befunky] Fear can significantly influence women’s preference for immedia...
[imagesource:instagram/princeandprincessofwales] Cancer is increasingly happening in ad...
[imagesource:rawpixel] With statements like "South Africa is hanging on by a thread –...