R.J. Godlewski's The Independent Counterterrorist. I, Militia. June ...
R.J. Godlewski's The Independent Counterterrorist. I, Militia. June ...
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patient treatment for drug abuse, forcing many veterans<br />
to go untreated. Depending on how the wars in Iraq<br />
and Afghanistan conclude, the numbers of returning<br />
service members will place additional stress on this<br />
system, and without adequate institutional capacity,<br />
illegal narcotics abuse may rise sharply among this<br />
group and stoke concerns among the public. 75 In order<br />
to reduce this potential, greater institutional support is<br />
needed for the military to monitor, treat, and provide<br />
long-term care for active duty troops and veterans.<br />
RECOMMENDATIONS<br />
For confronting drugged irregular fighters:<br />
• Increase interagency contacts among federal<br />
law enforcement, national intelligence, and<br />
defense agencies to monitor the use of drugs by<br />
irregular fighters.<br />
• Promote “fusion centers” at multiple levels of<br />
government to share information on drug use in<br />
zones of conflict.<br />
• Extend the use of fusion centers to international<br />
agencies that currently monitor worldwide<br />
and regional drug trafficking and drug use<br />
patterns.<br />
• Encourage community mapping practices<br />
among military forces to chart drug dealing and<br />
consumption patterns in countries of conflict<br />
and include them in campaign planning.<br />
• Expand military campaign planning lists to<br />
include pharmacies, clinics, and hospitals to<br />
protect their supply of drugs from potential<br />
looting.<br />
• Increase participation of individuals in other<br />
agencies of the federal government in institu-<br />
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