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Airman jailed for use of drugs in 'spiritual' quest
#5903597 - 07/26/06 11:06 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=38912
Airman jailed for use of drugs in 'spiritual' quest
By David Allen, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Thursday, July 27, 2006
KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — An airman who said he used “designer” drugs to find his “spiritual center” was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, reduction in rank to E-1 and six months’ confinement Tuesday on 11 drug-related charges.
At a special court-martial in the Kadena Law Center, Airman 1st Class Jesse E. Miller, 22, pleaded guilty to lying about his drug history when joining the Air Force in 2003 and possessing, using and distributing four kinds of phenethylamines and tryptamines — so-called “research” or “designer” drugs with effects similar to LSD and mescaline. He also pleaded guilty to possessing a pipe for smoking marijuana.
The Justice Department lists the drugs as illegal under the Controlled Substances Act. But Miller was charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice’s Article 134 for committing acts that were “prejudicial to good order and discipline and brought discredit to the armed forces.”
Miller faced up to 12 months in jail, but a plea agreement limited his jail time to six months.
“I know I lied when I claimed to have only smoked marijuana two times and had taken no other drugs,” Miller, of the 18th Communications Squadron, told judge Col. Steven Hatfield at the beginning of the special court-martial.
He said he used marijuana more than 200 times and tried the club drug Ecstasy several times before enlisting in Nashville, Tenn., in May 2003.
The drug charges stem from an August trip to Tokyo, when he bought a powder commonly called 2C-E from a Roppongi district vendor for $45 and “tripped out” with two fellow airmen.
“It heightened my senses,” Miller said. He said the experience prompted him to do Internet research for other such drugs.
One of his friends, who received nonjudicial punishment for his drug use, remembered the experience differently: “I saw naked women with their heads cut off,” he testified. He also became sick.
From Aug. 19 to Oct. 14, 2005, Miller admitted, he bought more illicit drugs by mail from suppliers in Canada and Tokyo, having them sent to a friend’s off-base address. Miller said he shared the drugs and used them at home on Kadena Air Base and at the Sunabe Sea Wall.
Special Agent Brandon Farley from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations said agents raiding Miller’s home on Oct. 14 found his two young daughters alone upstairs as Miller, his wife and a friend tripped. Farley said agents found a baby bottle containing a liquefied portion of the drug.
“It’s lucky no one accidentally gave it to a child,” lead prosecutor Capt. Robert E. Vorhees said in his sentencing argument. “And who would take care of these children if something did happen while [the parents] were in altered states of reality?”
Vorhees called Miller a “liar, a drug abuser and a pusher” who had no place in the Air Force.
Miller said he knew he’d be discharged but asked he not be given a punitive discharge.
“After confinement,” he said, “I intend to finish college and be a drug and alcohol counselor.”
He blamed his drug use on an attempt to “fill a spiritual void.”
He said he “stumbled across 2C-E,” then used the drug to “try to better myself. I disregarded the fact it was unlawful.” Miller said. “Instead of searching for a spiritual experience, I should live for a spiritual life.”
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Re: Airman jailed for use of drugs in 'spiritual' quest [Re: motaman]
#5903670 - 07/26/06 11:23 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Thats too bad for him
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Re: Airman jailed for use of drugs in 'spiritual' quest [Re: motaman]
#5904435 - 07/27/06 05:38 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I have to wonder if my brother lied to get into the Marines or if he just told them everything he had done.
He also shouldn't have been smoking bud...that's just stupid if you're in the military. I'm still curious as to how he got caught.
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Re: Airman jailed for use of drugs in 'spiritual' quest [Re: demiu5]
#5904505 - 07/27/06 06:48 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Most recruiters encourage you to lie on the paperwork. They won't take you if you've EVER done a number of different drugs on their "bad list".
Recruiters just tell you that it's up to you what you want to put down on the paperwork. Basically they walk you through how to lie your way through all the questions.
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Re: Airman jailed for use of drugs in 'spiritual' quest [Re: fastfred]
#5906668 - 07/27/06 08:12 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I used to be in the Marines (before I did any drugs) and got piss-tested frequently. Only a moron uses pot or anything else that is easily detected by said tests. That, and he let others know about it!
That's asking for a court martial.
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Re: Airman jailed for use of drugs in 'spiritual' quest [Re: ShroomRancher]
#5906812 - 07/27/06 08:38 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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He wanted out of the air force and that was his loop hole out once caught... Any other way would have harsher punishment. The airforce like all military branches suck you in and use you up for all your life force like a slave.
We're headed into war, the intelligent ones who are in it will get out.
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Re: Airman jailed for use of drugs in 'spiritual' quest [Re: I2ancid]
#5906929 - 07/27/06 09:13 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Wait soo if there was to say a draft I could just be like "yeah I've dropped so much acid that I should probably be in a mental hospital" I couldn't join the military. Doubtful but a novel idea none the less :P
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Re: Airman jailed for use of drugs in 'spiritual' quest [Re: ToughLiquid]
#5907388 - 07/27/06 11:26 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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think about it, would you of treated your psychedlic experiences so negatively to of admited "guilt" infront of authority? I will stand up to any man and tell them how I do believe psychedelics can and have benefited humanity. If I did use it for spiritual purposes I would never condemn them in a guilt like fashion unless I had an agenda to manipulate the system.
-------------------- I went to st thomas and camped out ontop of the island... Despite my entire family being poor all my life, the land is priceless. I was chased by haitians in the main city charlotte amalie when my girlfriend and I got some cocaine for free in a bar and mixed it with alcohol, to form a stronger drug. With such confidence at 2am, we walked the 4-5 or so miles down to the beach where the african slaves lie like lions waiting on tourist prey. The war isen't on drugs... the war is on the causes that influence people to abuse drugs. drug-abuse is a by-product of the system and much like radioactive waste occurs from utilizing nuclear power, drug addicts with drug-problems will need to be properly disposed of, like the decaying radioactive waste produced from nuclear energy. -i2ancid
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Re: Airman jailed for use of drugs in 'spiritual' quest [Re: I2ancid]
#5909132 - 07/28/06 02:39 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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My friend was joining and brought me down to meet the peckerwoods. It was funny I scored 95% percentile on there thinking/assessment test and could do really anything I wanted in the Marines. But then I mention me dabbling with over 100 hits of Lucy and I was told the Marines may not be for me. I told him I was more interested in being an astronaut anyways.
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Re: Airman jailed for use of drugs in 'spiritual' quest [Re: rawtoxic]
#5909716 - 07/28/06 06:14 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Airmen tripping out....
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AHHHHHHHHHHH~~~!!!!!!!
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Re: Airman jailed for use of drugs in 'spiritual' quest [Re: motaman]
#5909948 - 07/28/06 08:16 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Designer drug simmilar to lsd. Probobly 5meo-dmt. Thats undetectable, and the military also frequently tests for lsd.
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Re: Airman jailed for use of drugs in 'spiritual' quest [Re: tb01]
#5910818 - 07/29/06 12:39 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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> the military also frequently tests for lsd.
It's like meth or other water soluable drugs though, if they don't catch you within a few days they aren't going to find anything. If you get a 3 day pass and party it up the first night chances are very slim that they will catch you if they test you when you get back.
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Re: Airman jailed for use of drugs in 'spiritual' quest [Re: fastfred]
#5911100 - 07/29/06 03:19 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I dont want anything to do with someone named Vorhees -- friday the 13th anyone?
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Re: Airman jailed for use of drugs in 'spiritual' quest [Re: motaman]
#10814223 - 08/06/09 09:08 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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lmao wow ok SWIM has a dream and in this dream he just so happened to be the afore mentioned airman. just last night in SWIM's dream his lil bro showed up at the house and said dude i found your article on shroomery! So here SWIM is ready and willing to answer any questions regarding. SWIM has actually posted pieces of the transcript from the actual trial on another forum under same name. check it out if interested. peace love. sekai heywa.
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Re: Airman jailed for use of drugs in 'spiritual' quest [Re: awakining]
#10814294 - 08/06/09 09:20 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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That's great you found the forum and your article! How did swiy get caught?
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