I wonder how that compares to US troops – say in vietnam – or kuwait for that matter.
on 12/12/02 7:28 PM, William Shannon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Dec. 8, 2002
Ten percent of Israeli soldiers admit to using drugs: army survey
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
One in 10 Israeli soldiers admits using drugs during his military service, according to a survey published in an army weekly.
Also, the Israeli daily Maariv reported that seven soldiers were arrested last week on the Lebanon border and charged with smoking marijuana while on duty. The newspaper said they were guarding the only active part of the frontier, an area known as Chebaa Farms, when they were arrested. The Israeli military spokesman had no immediate comment.
The weekly Bamachane, meant for Israeli soldiers, reported that a survey of soldiers who were completing their military service showed that 10 percent admitted to using drugs while in the army. One third of them said their first exposure to drugs came during their military service.
The survey said there was no difference in the rate of drug users among soldiers and officers or between men and women. From age 18, most Israeli men serve three years of compulsory service and women 21 months. Officers serve at least one extra year.
The report said the figure of 10 percent compared to 7.9 percent in a similar survey two years ago. However, the military would not provide details of how the survey was conducted, including sampling size and margin of error.
Two-thirds of the drug users named marijuana, while 8.7 percent said they had used cocaine, the report said.
The weekly quoted the army officer in charge of dealing with drug offenders as saying that half of the soldiers found guilty of using drugs are expelled from the army, though most wanted to stay in uniform.
"Soldiers must not leave with the message that it's not so horrible to smoke (marijuana) a few times," said the officer, Lt. Col. Eyal Gil-Paz.
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