Drug-related cases are reported in the media every day, raising social concerns.
Recently, drug crimes in the military are said to be at a serious level.
Let's look at that case together.
In the case of Army Sgt. A, he ordered hemp seeds online in 2019, and even installed lighting fixtures in the unit to grow hemp himself.
It is said that the cannabis grown in this way is mixed with ordinary butter to make so-called 'hemp butter' and spread it on bread, and it is said that it was rolled up in the form of a cigarette and smoked.
Let's look at another case, full-time reserve Sergeant B sold 25 million won worth of methamphetamine and synthetic hemp as a soldier, and earned tens of millions of won by depositing the money into an illegal gambling site account. .
According to the 'Status of Handling Drug Cases in the Army' of the Ministry of National Defense and the Army, Navy, and Air Force, there were 74 drug-related crimes in the military from 2018 to last June.
Until last year, there were more than 10 cases per year, and until June this year, drug crimes in the military were serious, with eight soldiers being investigated.