Social media slip cracked drug ring in Air Force...guarding nukes?

U.S. troops guarding nuclear missiles took LSD, Air Force records show
CBS News
May 24, 2018

A slipup on social media by one airman enabled investigators to crack the drug ring at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in March 2016, details of which are reported here for the first time. Fourteen airmen were disciplined. Six of them were convicted in courts martial of LSD use or distribution or both.

WASHINGTON -- One airman said he felt paranoia. Another marveled at the vibrant colors. A third Air Force member admitted, "I absolutely just loved altering my mind." Meet service members entrusted with guarding nuclear missiles that are among the most powerful in America's arsenal who used LSD both on and off base.

Air Force records obtained by The Associated Press show they bought, distributed and used the hallucinogen LSD and other mind-altering illegal drugs as part of a ring that operated undetected for months on a highly secure military base in Wyoming. After investigators closed in, one airman deserted to Mexico.

"Although this sounds like something from a movie, it isn't," said Capt. Charles Grimsley, the lead prosecutor of one of several courts martial.
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US Psychiatrist Takes LSD on Road Trip to Ukraine for PTSD Soldiers

Exclusive Interview: US psychiatrist helps Ukrainian soldiers with new technique
UA Today Ukraine
September 11, 2015

UT explores a non-traditional method of dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder

Ukraine Today is joined by Mr Stanislav Groff, who is a US psychiatrist, known for his extensive research into the effects of LSD on the human psyche. Mr Grof is here, in Ukraine, to help apply some of his methods which include the holotropic breathwork technique, to help Ukrainian troops suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

The psychiatrists could spend 6 hours, 7 hours in the world that some of these patients seem to live in, and be able to understand them better, communicate with them better and hopefully, this would had influence on how successful we would be with therapy.
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Veterans law suit over "Drug Experimentation" moves closer to trail

Veterans’ Lawsuit against CIA and Army Drug Experimentation Moves Closer to Trial
Sunday, September 04, 2011
1972 Army drug experiment

The CIA failed this week to convince a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit claiming the agency used American soldiers during the Cold War as guinea pigs for drug experiments.

Led by the Vietnam Veterans of America, the plaintiffs are suing the CIA and the U.S. Army for exposing at least 7,800 soldiers to a variety of chemicals and drugs, between 1950 and 1975, as part of Project Paperclip. Military personnel were allegedly given everything from Sarin, a nerve agent used in chemical weapons, to the hallucinogenic LSD.
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