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

RMKS/1.  FROM 1 JANUARY 2013 THROUGH 31 MARCH 2013, THE CRIME REDUCTION 
PROGRAM (CRP) WILL FOCUS ITS EFFORTS ON SYNTHETIC DRUGS.
 THE CRP IS A COMMUNITY OUTREACH INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO REDUCE CRIMINAL 
THREATS AFFECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (DON).  IT IS LED BY THE NAVAL 
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE (NCIS) AND INCLUDES BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND 
COMMUNITY SERVICE PARTNERS WITHIN THE DON.

2.  THE USE OF SYNTHETIC DRUGS, PARTICULARLY SPICE (SYNTHETIC
 CANNABINOIDS) AND BATH SALTS (SYNTHETIC CATHINONES), HAS BECOME MORE 
PREVALENT THROUGHOUT SOCIETY AND HAS AFFECTED DON PERSONNEL.  THESE SYNTHETIC 
DRUGS MEET THE DON CRITERIA FOR DRUGS OF ABUSE, AND ARE PROHIBITED BY BOTH THE 
UNITED STATES NAVY (USN) AND THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS INSTRUCTIONS.  
SYNTHETIC DRUG ABUSE WILL NOT ONLY END A SERVICE MEMBER'S CAREER, THE PHYSICAL 
AND LONG-LASTING MENTAL EFFECTS OF ITS USE VARY WIDELY AND MAY EVEN RESULT IN 
DEATH.

3.  THIS QUARTER'S CRP CAMPAIGN WILL RENEW DON EFFORTS TO HIGHLIGHT AND COMBAT 
THE ONGOING ABUSE OF THESE AND OTHER SYNTHETIC DRUGS, WHICH REPRESENT A 
SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO DON READINESS.  NCIS WILL PARTNER WITH THE USN BUREAU OF 
MEDICINE AND SURGERY IN CREATING AWARENESS AND BRIEFING MATERIALS.  THE 
CAMPAIGN WILL UTILIZE THE MESSAGE:  "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 TO PREVENT SYNTHETIC DRUG ABUSE AND EMPHASIZE BYSTANDER 
INVOLVEMENT AND INTERVENTION.  DON PERSONNEL ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT 
SYNTHETIC DRUG-RELATED INCIDENTS TO DON LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.  IN 
CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE SERVICE MEMBERS ARE HESITANT OR PERCEIVE THAT IT WOULD BE 
UNSAFE TO REPORT SUCH INCIDENTS TO DON LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES, THEY MAY 
DO SO ANONYMOUSLY THROUGH THE NCIS TEXT & WEB TIP LINE (TEXT TO 274637 
(CRIMES), THEN ADD "NCIS" AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TEXT MESSAGE).  ADDITIONAL 
INSTRUCTIONS AND OPTIONS CAN BE FOUND AT HTTP://WWW.NCIS.NAVY.MIL.

5.  EDUCATION IS A KEY COMPONENT OF ALL CRP CAMPAIGNS.  DURING THIS THREE-
MONTH CAMPAIGN, NCIS REPRESENTATIVES WILL VISIT COMMANDS TO PROVIDE SYNTHETIC 
DRUG AWARENESS BRIEFINGS.  INCREASING AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF 
SYNTHETIC DRUGS WILL HELP ENSURE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTER 
PREPAREDNESS.

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

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