AMC issues order prohibiting use of intoxicating substances Published June 11, 2009 By 87th Air Base Wing Public Affairs JOINT BASE McGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST -- General Arthur Lichte, commander of the Air Mobility Command, recently issued an order prohibiting all its members from misusing intoxicating substances, such as "spice," inhaling household chemicals and abusing over the counter nonprescription drugs. "The abuse of these products by military members contradicts the nature of our profession of arms, threatens our military readiness and diminishes our ability to conduct the mission entrusted to us," General Lichte said. "Such substance is to the prejudice of good order and discipline and is of a nature to bring discredit upon the Air Force. As a result, the abuse could seriously undermine our mission and negatively impact our nation's security." General Lichte's order was in response to feedback provided by the legal offices within the command indicating this type of misuse has been identified as a problem among units, Air Force officials said. The order applies to all military members assigned or attached to AMC, including those assigned to tenant units located on AMC bases, active duty personnel on temporary duty, Air Force Reserve Command personnel on orders or on inactive duty training status, and Air National Guard members upon mobilization assigned or attached within AMC. Specifically, the order prohibit members from engaging in the following activities: possessing, distributing, inhaling, smoking, chewing, consuming or introducing into the body in any manner Salvia Divinorum, Salvinorin A (Salvia is a psychoactive hallucinogenic plant. Salvia A is its psychoactive ingredient), or the intoxicant spice, including spice in any form (Spice is a product sold by commercial sources and can include a mixture of herbs and synthetic cannabinoid compounds.); inhaling household chemicals and other chemical inhalants for the purpose of becoming intoxicated, high, altering mood or function, or achieving a psychotic effect; abusing over-the-counter nonprescription medications for the purpose of becoming intoxicated, high, altering mood or function, or achieving a psychoactive effect; and using substances, other than alcohol, caffeine or tobacco, which are inhaled, injected, consumed, or otherwise introduced into the body for the purpose of becoming intoxicated, high, altering mood or function, or achieving a psychoactive effect. The prohibition does not apply to lawfully used prescription medications, the order said. "Misuse of these intoxicating substances identified by General Lichte's order constitutes failure to obey a lawful general order and is in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice," said Capt. Megan Gagnon, chief of Adverse Actions and Assistant Staff Judge Advocate with Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst's Legal Office.