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‘These Kids Are Dying' ‐ Inside the Overdose Crisis Sweeping Fort Bragg
BLUF:[Rolling Stone] A staggering total of 109 soldiers assigned to Fort Bragg died in 2020 and 2021. Dozens have lost their lives there to drug overdoses. Now, their families are demanding answers — and accountability. Her son’s story is not atypical. He had dabbled in drugs before, including marijuana and Ecstasy. "He tried things," Andrea says. "Zach was very transparent." But he never would have chosen to take fentanyl, she believes. "My son was an EMT already," she says. "He knows what drugs are what." Bracken is one of three Green Beret trainees, or soldiers in the Special Warfare Training Group, to die of a drug overdose recently. (The others were Pfc. Jamie Boger, in March 2020, from cocaine and fentanyl; and Staff Sgt. Van-Michael Ellis, in October 2021, from cocaine and alcohol.) The incident occurred when Bracken was off duty, at a friend’s wedding. His blood-alcohol level was 0.11 percent at the time that he died, at 10:35 a.m. on Dec. 5, 2020, according to a report obtained through the FOIA. Bracken’s system also contained 0.012 milligrams of fentanyl per liter of blood — a lethal dose. Emphasis added Posted by: Besoeker 2022-11-28 |
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