<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Courtesy of the Army Times</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">--------------------------------------</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="abody" style="text-align: justify; ">EVERY SOLDIER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT</span><span class="subtitle" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify; "> . . .</span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="subtitle" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify; "><br></span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="subtitle" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify; ">Chewable Pot</span></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: justify; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: justify; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Cheeba Chews look like Tootsie Rolls and promise relaxation, energy and pain relief, wrapped in a rainbow of packaging. But they are off-limits to soldiers.</span></div><span class="abody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Cheeba Chews and their other branded names are the latest trend in tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive chemical found in marijuana.</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Manufactured in Boulder, Colo., Cheeba Chews brands include Trics and Green Hornets, according to the company’s website.</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Here are five things soldiers need to know:</div></span><span class="abody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="abody"><b>1</b>Chewable marijuana is illegal.</span><span class="abody"> The Uniform Code of Military Justice leaves no doubt: The use of any intoxicating or mood-altering substance other than alcohol and tobacco products is illegal, Army personnel spokesman Hank Minitrez told Army Times.</span></div></span><span class="abody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Army Regulation 600-85, Chapter 4 prohibits soldiers from using substances for the purpose of inducing excitement, intoxication or stupefaction of the central nervous system.</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">“This includes synthetic substances, as well,” he said. “The regulation clearly states that it is a clear violation of the UCMJ and we expect soldiers to adhere to this, not just for good order and discipline but for their own health and welfare.”</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br></div></span><span class="abody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: justify; "><b><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="abody"><b>2</b>Even “unmedicated” chews can get you in trouble.</span><span class="abody"> Cheeba Chews come medicated and unmedicated, the latter of which is infused with hempseed oil and may sound harmless.</span></div></b></span><span class="abody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">But guidance recently released by the Air Force, citing lab studies, says people may test positive for THC after ingesting hempseed oil.</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">“The bottom line is situational awareness of what you eat because you never know what is in it,” said Master Sgt. Charles Mann, first sergeant for 1st Special Operations Comptroller Squadron.</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br></div></span><span class="abody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: justify; "><b><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="abody"><b>3</b>Ignorance is no excuse.</span><span class="abody"> “Some drugs can accidentally get in the body,” said Senior Airman Christopher Guthrie, 1st Special Operations Wing Judge Advocate General paralegal. That’s why the Defense Department has thresholds on the presence of certain drugs in the body.</span></div></b></span><span class="abody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">“However, THC is not allowed in our bodies at all, and trace amounts could lead to a discharge,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br></div></span><span class="abody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: justify; "><b><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="abody"><b>4</b>They aren’t good for you, despite the company’s claim.</span><span class="abody"> Cheeba Chews calls cannabis oil “one of nature’s greatest gifts,” a “super food” packed with vitamins, minerals, amino acids, antioxidants and essential fatty acids that make our hair shiny.</span></div></b></span><span class="abody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">But because this candylike substance has such a high concentration of THC, it can cause medical problems.</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">“The dose found in one 10-gram cube is more than a million times the amount needed” for a positive urine test, according to a Marine Corps release. “Cheeba Chews deliver the THC directly to the blood stream after dissolving in the mouth.”</div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br></div></span><span class="abody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: justify; "><b><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="abody"><b>5</b>They’re not a huge problem, but the Army has an eye out.</span><span class="abody"> Minitrez said that although the Army hasn’t issued any specific guidance on Cheeba Chews, the existing regulations are broad enough to cover them.</span></div></b></span><span class="abody" style="text-align: justify; "><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span class="abody">“Our substance-abuse prevention experts regularly brief commanders at all levels on all threats to our soldiers’ safety and health, including the latest emerging trends,” he said.</span><span class="abody"> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span class="abody"><br></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span class="abody">--------------------</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span class="abody"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span class="abody"><span style="text-align: left; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Cheeba Chews provide marijuana in an edible form, but don't let the candylike packaging fool you: Chew one and you could lose your career.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; "><img src="cid:FD8E7C50-CA93-4367-A8CC-F1A075D52577" alt="bilde.jpeg" id="FD8E7C50-CA93-4367-A8CC-F1A075D52577" width="640" height="480" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "></div></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">--------------------------------------</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Cheeba Chews</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><a href="http://www.cheebachews.com/">http://www.cheebachews.com/</a></span><br><br><div>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>