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There’s a problem that no one predicted: synthetic marijuana is killing American soldiers. Our troops, they like to vape. And why not?
The men and women of the United States military cannot smoke marijuana. And running into a combat situation burdened with enough gear to stock a Bass Pro Shop while nursing a brutal hangover is no way to go. So the troops, they vape.
In some cases, soldiers vape fake marijuana—that is, synthetic cannabinoids.
This synthetic marijuana habit is literally killing them. And it’s killing them in numbers that mean vape is just about as deadly to the troops as ISIS.
The Army’s Deadly Vape Problem Is Worse Than ISIS
Since January, more than 90 soldiers and Marines have been treated for “serious medical issues” after using vape or e-cigarette products “marketed as containing cannabidiol, or CBD, oil,” according to the Star News.
Emergency rooms at military bases in North Carolina and Utah have treated servicemembers reporting “headaches, nausea, vomiting, palpitations, dilated pupils and dizziness to confusion, disorientation, agitation and seizures,” according to a public-health alert issued by the Army on Monday.
All these symptoms, the military noted, are consistent with the use of “synthetic cannabinoids,” or “fake marijuana.”
Fake marijuana is the bizarre and random chemical cocktails sprayed on random plant material and sold over-the-counter as a “legal high.”
So far, seizures related to the use of fake weed-related have led to the deaths of at least two Marines. Another soldier has suffered “significant neurologic damage,” according to the Army.
Let’s compare this problem to the death toll wrought by the sinister threat posed by ISIS. As