How long until marijuana is legal in the military?

That will never happen in any branch. You can't. Its like making drinking legal at any time on duty.

In Nam in the early seventies all troops smoked and drank in base camp ….it didnt have to be legal ….

In Nam junk was the drug of choice because it didn’t cause hallucinations just a sense of wellbeing but dope caused a lot of random automatic fire because they saw shit. Your call.

From experience with family I hope it never is. I do understand the "medicinal" properties, but those are outweighed by the lack of drive and ambition, lack of attention to detail, being alert...all things that every job in the military requires. Imagine, if you will, a bomb loader on a B-52 crew getting called in on alert to load bombs while under the influence; consider that tank crew that may have to go into harm's way on short notice and folks are "mellowed out" instead of alert; consider an aircraft carrier trying to stabilize in order to launch aircraft in rough seas when the bridge crew is feeling just a little foggy....the scenarios of our emergency responsibilities are endless. Yes, pot can help with pain because of what it does to the brain, but at the same time it is being harmful to both the lungs and stomach, creating very deniable addictions. And, yes, pot itself can be and is addictive to a portion of the folks using it. Do some research on the effects of pot and high blood pressure, pot and lung diseases, pot and stomach irritation....you may find yourself deciding to use a legal drug with much less side effects.

Please do not make pot legal in the US Military.

Less negative ≠positive.

Never. Even if it's federally legalized, it will not be legal to be used in the military.

Just way too much money to lose at the end of the day. Pump us full of “Legal Drugs” instead. Why cant a soldier drink at 18 ? Gonna serve this country and might give their lives for it before being able to order a beer!! Money and Politics is all. Questions that should ve been handled decades ago!!

I think it will happen, but I don't see it happening in my lifetime. I'm 62. I'm also an ORF. Old Retired Fucker. Should it be legalized? Sure, why not. Contrary to what the DEA says, it's not really a gateway drug. They're still stuck on stupid, thinking Reefer Madness is a documentary, rather than a comedy.

Having retired and moved to the civilian medical sector, it is still prohibited for us in medicine to use any product that has THC in it. I am sure you would like to have your surgeon stoned off his a$$, when he is getting ready to start your surgery?. Crazy.