Defense figures have revealed that more than 40 soldiers, sailors, and airmen were sacked for taking drugs in 2010-11.

Though cannabis was the most popular drug, positive tests for ecstasy, steroids, cocaine, and amphetamines were also returned.

From ABC.net.au:

There were 24 positive tests for cannabis within the Army, nine for amphetamines and one for heroin. There were three positive tests for psychedelic drugs.

Within the Navy, cannabis was again the most popular illegal drug with 13 positive tests returned.

Another six were found to have taken steroids while three had taken cocaine.

There were 3,769 tests across the RAAF in 2010-11, with seven positive results returned. Five of those were for cannabis, one for ecstasy and one for methamphetamines.

“The rate of positive tests in the Australian Defence Force is significantly lower than in the general Australian community, and has fallen by around 80 per cent since the testing regime was introduced,” a spokesman for Defense Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon said.

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A Pakistani man who was previously arrested in July with 10 million baht in illegal drugs and counterfeit goods has been arrested again for dealing in sexual-performance drugs and steroids worth 1.9 million baht.

Bangkokcrime-suppression officers took Faisal Nadeem, 42, and a second Pakistani, Zohaib Farhidi, 25, into custody.

From Pattayamail.com:

Both men denied the charges. Nadeem was jailed not four months ago after police raided two of his Soi Buakaow buildings and found specially made hidden vaults containing 10 million baht in sexual performance drugs, illegally imported cigarettes, sleeping pills, steroids and allergy drugs often cooked to create methamphetamines.

After rounding up the Pakistani and his Thai workers, police moved to a second building Nadeem leased. The three-story commercial building was used entirely as a warehouse for more than 10,000 contraband items, including counterfeit clothing, shoes and bags.

Investigators seized 6,500 packets of Kamagra oral jelly, 3,773 Kamagra tablets, other knockoff impotence drugs, sedatives including diazepam, sleeping pills, and a cache of steroids.

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The 2008 Monitoring The Future study indicates that there is a downward trend in the use of certain drugs amongst America’s youths. However, there is an increase as well as indications of potential increase of illicit intake of other drugs.

First, the good news.

The good news is the long-term decline in the use of methamphetamines, a practice more pronounced among 12th graders. The MTF study shows that usage of this drug dropped by two-thirds in this bracket.

Another positive trend noted is the use of over-the-counter cold and cough medicines, prevalent practice among the 8th and 12th graders. The study indicates that there is a decline also in the use of these drugs.  Teens usually pilfer this class of drugs from their homes’ medicine cabinets to get high.

Use of anabolic steroids has also dropped. Steroid use has been continually decreasing since 2001, and since that time, the activity has dropped by one-third among 12th graders, and by half among 8th and 10th graders.

Now, the bad news.

The Partnership for Drug- Free America reacts on the troubling trends reflected on the MTF study:

…the 2008 MTF study highlights three areas of concern that should serve as a call-to-action for all parents and the substance abuse prevention field at large — strong reminders that we must not divert our attention from this critical family health issue.

First, the abuse of prescription medications continues at alarming levels. The fact that 15 percent of 12th graders report abusing a prescription drug in the past year — and that this prevalence has remained steady for several years — is a stark contrast to the progress made against illicit drugs.

The second area of concern is among eighth graders, where there has been a weakening in the perceived risk of using inhalants — household products that are sniffed to get high. In 2008, this age group also reported a lower rate of disapproval of this behavior.
Lastly, MTF indicates that the decade-long decline in marijuana use among all grades has leveled off, and among 8th and 12th graders, there is weakening in the perceived risk of using marijuana regularly.

Historically, when risk perceptions weaken, the likelihood of use increases. As such, attitudes about both marijuana and inhalant use are in potentially dangerous transition periods, and use may be poised to rise in the future. Prevention efforts, especially by parents, are warranted and encouraged to head off an unnecessary backslide.

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