Clarksville Police Chief Mark Smith said he will offer two Old Trenton Road residents a written apology for officers mistakenly raiding their home Friday night. "I want to publicly apologize," Smith said Monday during a press conference, adding that Friday's mistake was the first time in his 28 years with the department that officers broke in to the wrong home. "There is certainly no pattern here," he said. According to Smith, the police tactical team received information that a drug dealer lived at 343B Old Trenton Road, but they ended up going to the house next door that only had the letter "B" on the outside -- which turned out to be 341B. [continues 414 words]
Army Spokesman Says Anxiety Of Afghan War Is Likely The Reason CLARKSVILLE - The rate of illegal drug use by Fort Campbell soldiers has doubled in the latest round of routine testing, post statistics show. Out of 23,500 urine samples tested, 518 - about 2.2% - came back positive, the results show. Testing was conducted between Oct. 1, 2001, and Sept. 30, 2002. The previous round showed 423 samples of 40,000 samples - or about 1.1% - tested were positive for drugs. That testing occurred Oct. 1, 2000, through Sept. 30, 2001. [continues 255 words]
Test results jump from 1.1% to 2.2% By The rate of drug use on post appears to have doubled over the past year, according to statistics from Fort Campbell officials. Out of 23,500 urine samples tested between Oct. 1, 2001, and Sept. 30, 2002, 518 of them -- 2.2 percent -- came back positive. Comparatively, Fort Campbell tested 40,000 samples between Oct. 1, 2000, and Sept. 30, 2001, with 423 -- 1.1 percent -- testing positive for drugs. Fewer samples were included in this year's testing because samples taken between January and March were not included. Those samples were tainted and could not be tested, post officials said. Marijuana was the most frequently used illegal drug, followed by cocaine and Ecstasy. [continues 309 words]
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Fort Campbell's commander is concerned about the increasing use of the club drug Ecstasy among troops. In an Oct. 25 open letter to the Fort Campbell community in the post's newspaper, Maj. Gen. Richard A. Cody cited 423 positive urinalysis tests for this fiscal year. Even though that is 15 fewer than the number of positive tests the previous year, Cody expressed alarm in the letter about the increased use of Ecstasy, GHB, LSD and methamphetamine. ''We must be ready to give 100% mentally and physically when called to respond to the national tragedy of September 11,'' Cody wrote in the published letter. ''To be prepared, we must do all within our power day in and day out to prevent personal tragedies in the lives of our fellow soldiers that come from illegal drugs.'' [continues 233 words]
