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SUBJ/CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAM INTRODUCES THE SPICE (SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID) 
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN//

RMKS/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 ROBUST BRIEFING 
PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS.  FROM 1 JULY 2012 THROUGH 30 SEPTEMBER 
2012, THE CRP WILL FOCUS ITS EFFORTS ON SPICE (SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID) 
AWARENESS.

2.  UNTIL RECENTLY, SPICE WAS LEGAL AND READILY AVAILABLE.  THE DRUG 
ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION HAS SINCE RECLASSIFIED FIVE CHEMICALS COMMONLY USED 
TO MAKE SPICE AS SCHEDULE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, PLACING THEM IN THE SAME 
CATEGORY AS MARIJUANA.  SPICE USE, POSSESSION, AND DISTRIBUTION ARE NOW CRIMES 
AND PUNISHABLE BY THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE, FEDERAL, AND STATE 
LAWS.  SPICE USE WILL NOT ONLY END YOUR CAREER, THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL 
EFFECTS OF ITS USE VARY WIDELY, AND MAY RESULT IN DEATH.  

3.  IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES NAVY'S BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND 
SURGERY (BUMED), THE JOINT MESSAGE OF PREVENTION IS:  "IT'S NOT LEGAL.  IT'S 
NOT HEALTHY.  IT'S NOT WORTH IT."

4.  IN CONCERT WITH THE 21ST CENTURY SAILOR AND MARINE INITIATIVE, THE FOCUS 
OF THIS CAMPAIGN IS ON PREVENTING SPICE USE AND EMPHASIZING BYSTANDER 
INTERVENTION.  DON PERSONNEL ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SPICE RELATED INCIDENTS 
TO PROPER DON LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.  IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE A SERVICE 
MEMBER IS HESITANT OR PERCEIVES IT WOULD BE UNSAFE TO REPORT SPICE INCIDENTS 
TO DON LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES, THEY MAY DO SO ANONYMOUSLY VIA THE NCIS 
TEXT & WEB TIP LINE (HTTPS://WWW.NCIS.NAVY.MIL).  THE DON IS COMMITTED TO 
ELIMINATING THE USE OF SPICE BY ITS SERVICE MEMBERS, CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, AND 
DEPENDENTS.  

5.  EDUCATION IS A KEY COMPONENT OF ALL CRP CAMPAIGNS.  THROUGHOUT THIS THREE-
MONTH CAMPAIGN, NCIS CRP REPRESENTATIVES WILL VISIT COMMANDS TO PROVIDE SPICE 
AWARENESS BRIEFINGS.  INCREASING AWARENESS THROUGHOUT THE DON ABOUT THE 
DANGERS OF SPICE USE WILL HELP ENSURE UNITED STATES NAVY AND UNITED STATES 
MARINE CORPS WAR-FIGHTER PREPAREDNESS.  

6.  RELEASED BY RAY MABUS, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.

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