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SUBJ/CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAM INTRODUCES THE SYNTHETIC DRUG AWARENESS 
CAMPAIGN// 

GENTEXT/REMARKS/ 1.  THE CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAM (CRP) IS A COMMUNITY OUTREACH 
INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO REDUCE CRIMINAL THREATS AFFECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF 
NAVY (DON).  IT IS LED BY THE NAVAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE (NCIS) AND 
INCLUDES BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PARTNERS WITHIN THE DON.  
EACH QUARTER THE CRP IDENTIFIES A RELEVANT ISSUE TO HIGHLIGHT THROUGH A 
BRIEFING PROGRAM AND THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS.  FROM APRIL 1 THROUGH 
JUNE 30, 2011, THE CRP WILL FOCUS ITS EFFORTS ON SYNTHETIC DRUG ABUSE WITHIN 
THE NAVY. 

2.  DESPITE BEING MARKETED AS A "LEGAL HIGH", CONSUMPTION OF SYNTHETIC DRUGS 
MEETS THE DON CRITERIA FOR DRUG ABUSE AND IS PROHIBITED BY DON.  THESE DRUGS, 
KNOWN BY A NUMBER OF NAMES TO INCLUDE SPICE, GENIE, BLAZE, DREAM, DARK KNIGHT, 
K2, AND YUCATAN FIRE, CONTAIN SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID COMPOUNDS.   THEY CAN BE 
EXTREMELY HARMFUL DUE TO THEIR METHOD OF MANUFACTURE AND HIGH PHARMACOLOGICAL 
POTENCY.  THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION HAS RECENTLY RECLASSIFIED FIVE 
CHEMICALS COMMONLY USED TO MAKE THESE SYNTHETIC DRUGS AS SCHEDULE I CONTROLLED 
SUBSTANCES, PLACING THEM IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS MARIJUANA.  SERVICE MEMBERS 
USING THESE SUBSTANCES ARE SUBJECT TO PUNITIVE ACTION UNDER THE UNIFORM CODE 
OF MILITARY JUSTICE AND/OR ADVERSE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS. 

3.  EDUCATION IS A KEY COMPONENT OF ALL CRP CAMPAIGNS.  SYNTHETIC DRUG ABUSE, 
LIKE ALL DRUG ABUSE, IS IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO THE GOOD ORDER, DISCIPLINE AND 
PROFESSIONALISM THE DON REPRESENTS.  SAILORS AND MARINES ABUSING DRUGS POSE A 
DIRECT THREAT TO THEMSELVES AND THEIR UNIT.  WE MUST EDUCATE OUR SERVICE 
MEMBERS ABOUT THE DANGERS POSED BY SYNTHETIC DRUG ABUSE AND THE NAVY'S ZERO-
TOLERANCE STANCE. 

4.  THROUGHOUT THIS THREE-MONTH CAMPAIGN, NCIS CRP REPRESENTATIVES WILL VISIT 
COMMANDS TO PROVIDE SYNTHETIC DRUG AWARENESS BRIEFINGS.  BY HIGHLIGHTING THE 
THREAT TO THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS, NCIS AND ALL DON PERSONNEL CAN WORK 
TOGETHER TO ELIMINATE THIS THREAT. 

5.  RELEASED BY RAY MABUS, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.//
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