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FORT CARSON, Colo., Nov. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. military personnel are turning to illegal drug use to help them adjust to life off the battlefield, it was reported Monday.
Although the Army denies there is increased illicit drug use among soldiers deployed to Iraq, ABC News reported Monday that drug use at Fort Carson is rampant, citing interviews with a dozen soldiers.
The base near Colorado Springs, Colo. is home to about 17,500 active duty personnel, nearly 5,000 of whom are deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Spc. William Swenson, who was deployed to Iraq from Fort Carson, told ABC News "lots of soldiers" returning from Iraq are using drugs.
"Right when we got back, there were people using cocaine in the barracks; there were people smoking marijuana at strip clubs; one guy started shooting up," Swenson said.
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