European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Herb staff writer the Man who should know Best is convinced thut most american servicemen nabbed for smoking pot in Raunchy european burs were on the Weed before they Ever came into the armed this deduction is not in attempt to Alibi far the fact that there Are Somo and airmen who use he you dont wipe out crime by White washing said Brig Jen Hurley Moore Usah Euit Provost we simply must face the reality that there is Tome narcotics traffic in Mili tary although in far smaller proportions than in other segments of i believe its important for All of our iwo pc la know this in order to combat lawlessness effectively and to guard pub Lic marijuana known to the hipsters is pot and the Only con Traband kick that military authorities know is being trafficked in West valued at in new an old dope smuggling trick that Ifill million of heroin was found in Bronx Home of Nan slashed in january ims tub stars and stripes weve heard occasional rumbles of heroin and opium buys being Moore but no proof has been lurid cd up that these More powerful drugs Are peddled in the so called go doctors have said Reefer smokers do tint necessarily become addicted to the but once a cat sits on Cloud i the habit can come smoking pot makes a Dis Snulli fled nonconformist feel 10 feet a few deep hits on a and Hes sure he can whip his weight in wildcats trouble May Start when Hes ready to the marijuana user is dangerous when Hes hopped up because he flaunts All Moore Hes a real bad fellow to tool with and he thinks the world is his cup of Tea that just another Moniker for where reefers arc theres always someone around looking for a bigger the Provost marshal our aim is to keep Marla runs traffic suppressed to avoid the possibility that demands for Morr potent drugs will Fol he pointed the insidious Weed grows wild in North Africa and All Mediterranean easily marijuana cigarettes Are profitably peddled in Shady hangouts by bartenders and said we Are aware that there Are a few pushers paddlers our at he a two pounds of the Weed processed and rolled can bring As much As the going Price is ii or 12 for a single cigarette made of the dried leaves and Flowers from the an interesting said the usar eur is that the tale of Mari Juana i illegal in every european coun try where american servicemen Are stationed of necessity puts usen in touch with the criminal element and leads to More Moore said his men work closely with Treasury agents and German police to whom All information on dope dealings is tunnelled for of Post arrests As Well As search and seizure proo Cess under local we have tight ropers undercover with i to Deal with the boys in the Backrooms and to make buys from the he in novembers big dope mad of the evidence was obtained by these secret during police raids Over the first week end of nearly 100 in including 13 servicemen were arrested As suspect in illegal drug operations at several army and air Force installations in our agents had seen reefers passed and made buys themselves in the puce that were knocked Moore the soldiers and airmen held in the raids will be brought to trial in the next few under the uniform code of military Moore a Mem Ber of the armed forces can get five years imprisonment for Possession and use of marijuana and five Yean for Transfer of the which includes or passing to another for any Rea even giving a pal a puff on a Reefer can bring court martial conviction for Transfer under the this precedent was established in a 1958 the Usa Ituk official not said the Provost servicemen picked up on Nar Cotic charges usually have been in Trou ble Seldom do we find a first going deeper into his background generally discloses that he had record of delinquency before putting on