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FM123

(10,125 posts)
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 06:56 PM Mar 2022

4 West Point cadets among spring breakers who overdosed in Florida

(ABC News) Four spring breakers who overdosed Thursday night in Wilton Manors, Florida, are cadets at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point public affairs told ABC News Friday.

One of the cadets is on the West Point football team, according to the academy, which is located in Orange County, New York.

"The U.S. Military Academy is aware of the situation involving West Point cadets, which occurred Thursday night in Wilton Manors, FL," a West Point statement said.

Miami ABC affiliate WPLG reported the cadets were part of a group of college students from New York state at a short-term rental home where cocaine laced with fentanyl caused seven people to overdose.

(Read More) https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/west-point-cadets-spring-breakers-overdosed-florida/story?id=83397622

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4 West Point cadets among spring breakers who overdosed in Florida (Original Post) FM123 Mar 2022 OP
gee drug use has consequences. who knew? nt msongs Mar 2022 #1
Soon to be former cadets. n/t cloudbase Mar 2022 #2
stupid, stupid, stupid...nt mitch96 Mar 2022 #3
So much for their intended careers. 2naSalit Mar 2022 #4
Yeah. Their troubles have only gotten started . . . Journeyman Mar 2022 #7
We used to say XanaDUer2 Mar 2022 #5
Fentanyl in cocaine? SergeStorms Mar 2022 #6
Seems best that we know now they are not commisioned officer material justhanginon Mar 2022 #8

SergeStorms

(19,312 posts)
6. Fentanyl in cocaine?
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 08:07 PM
Mar 2022

Someone is trying to kill people with that combination. Each drug has the opposite effect of the other. There's absolutely no reason to combine the two unless you're trying to kill someone.

Not that I'd have personal knowledge of either drug's effects, mind you.

justhanginon

(3,322 posts)
8. Seems best that we know now they are not commisioned officer material
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 08:13 PM
Mar 2022

and not later when it could have dire consequences on a possible battlefield and cost servicemen lives.
Totally stupid to potentially be a West Point graduate and throw it all away for f'ing drugs.

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