Dilyana Gaytandzhieva, ОБЕКТИВНО, 5/9/2022
Translated by Lena
Bloch
The Pentagon is shipping dozens of tons of controlled drugs to U.S. military bases around the world, documents obtained by the U.S. Federal Register of Contracts reveal. The U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) has contracted with fourteen U.S. airlines to transport military cargo, including sensitive cargo (narcotics) to various locations around the world. The delivery schedule shows a planned total of 47.5 tons of controlled drugs (2018–2023) to U.S. military bases overseas.
The projected quantity for Romania alone is 10 tons of controlled drugs, Kosovo is 5 tons, and Estonia is 2 tons, while the projected shipments of controlled drugs to the other destinations are in a significantly smaller quantity of 898 kg per base (the quantities shown in the document are measured in the U.S. unit of lbs, 1 lbs equals 0.453592 kg).
Kosovo — 11 117 lbs (2018–2023) or 5 042 kg
Romania — 21 607 lbs (2018–2023) or 9 800 kg
Malatya — 2803 lbs (2018–2023) or 1271 kg
Erbil — 1457 lbs (2018–2023) or 660 kg
Estonia — 4 516 lbs (2018–2023) or 2 048 kg
The total quantity of controlled drugs to be supplied is 47 560 kg (2018–2023).
US Army — the largest user of controlled drugs in the world
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $23 million contract (2020–2025) for the supply of amphetamines, according to another federal order posted on the U.S. Federal Contracts Register.
According to the contract notice, the annual consumption by the Department of Defense alone is 15.6 million amphetamine tablets.
Amphetamine — a widely used drug in the US military
