TEL AVIV -More evidence of crack-cocaine use among IDF soldiers is surfacing, an IDF official told Ynet.
IDF officials said they are fearful soldiers are now using crack-cocaine in addition to hashish and marijuana, despite successful efforts by military police to decrease the number of drug-using soldiers in 2004.
“Crack-cocaine is a drug that causes immediate hallucinations and its influence is severe, especially on soldiers,” a senior IDF officer said.
However, military sources said the IDF does not differentiate among the various drugs, as the IDF regards all drugs as dangerous.
| Drug raid (Photo: Hanan Greenberg) |
Military Police Head Brigadier General Miki Barel says he can only imagine the consequences of drug use among soldiers who participate in military operations.
The IDF recently conducted a concentrated drug-prevention week in which military police officers raided dozens of bases and took urine samples from some 2,000 soldiers.
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