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Britain’s nuclear submarines carnage as nearly 200 sailors fail drug tests
- Nearly 200 Royal Navy submariners tested positive for illegal drugs including cocaine, cannabis, ecstasy, steroids, and benzodiazepine between 2018 and 2024, with 52 caught while serving on submarines including some from the Vanguard-class fleet carrying the UK's Trident II nuclear missiles.
- The Ministry of Defence enforces a strict zero-tolerance drug policy, firing almost all detected personnel and requiring mandatory substance misuse training every two years.
- Experts and former military officials warned that drug use poses security risks such as potential blackmail and cited boredom and societal drug trends as possible reasons for substance misuse.
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An embarrassing revelation for an elite unit. According to the latest figures from the British Ministry of Defence relayed by The Telegraph on Saturday, March 21, 175 Royal Navy submariners have been tested positive for drugs over the past seven years. Among the prohibited substances discovered during these tests are cocaine, cannabis, l'ecstasy, steroids and benzodiazepine (drug to treat anxiety). In detail, 52 of the 175 sailors were tested po…
Drug scandal in British nuclear submarines: More than 170 elite soldiers fail during tests. Among other things, they are tested positively on cocaine and ecstasy. The navy reacts hard.
·Berlin, Germany
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