Doctor: Spice could threaten mental health - Military News | News From Afghanistan, Iraq And Around The World - Military Times
By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Jun 6, 2011 8:13:06 EDT
SAN DIEGO — Using synthetic drugs such as spice will do more than just risk your military career — it could lead to serious and potentially long-term mental disorders.
That’s the initial observation by a Navy psychiatry resident who worked with sailors and Marines treated this past year at Naval Medical Center San Diego for using the popular-yet-banned drugs.
While officials had no complete data on numbers of patients seen or treated for spice use, 17 such patients — all “healthy” male sailors or Marines ranging in age from 21 to 25 — were admitted to the psychiatric ward with various me...
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