Sikh Guardsman Fails Drug Test

[ChillDoubt]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-45637288

Shame. I’d like to think that it was succumbing to peer pressure in order to ‘fit in’, but then that would be a poor reflection on the other Guardsmen who are drug-free.
Just a reflection on modern society I guess.

[bhg481]

// I don't think recreational drugs should get you the sack. (unless you're taking them at work) //

Things may have changed but it certainly used to be the case that members of HM's armed forces were classed as being on duty 24hours a day.

[sanmac]

I think because this time around it does not have the emotive oomph of changing hundreds of years of British Military Tradition.

[ChillDoubt]

Strange that this more important (imo) story hasn't really got much attention.
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That’ll be because to my knowledge the BBC don’t provide live coverage of CO’s Orders/Courts Martial like they do with Trooping The Colour.

[Mamyalynne]

It's certainly made me angry, I wasn't aware the figures were as high as they are for those failing these tests.

Perhaps I should have been.

[Peter Pedant]

sikhs dont take drugs
hem hem
Drugs in Punjab: 80% of Punjabi youth takes drugs. The drug problem came to notice only few years ago. The spark was present since past many years, but the fire spread only two or three years ago and it is destroying many houses in Punjab. According to our survey, 78% people say that users make their first contact with drugs through friends. The most popular Nashay among students are:

Alcohol – reported by 38%,
Smack – reported by 37%
Cigarettes – reported by 25%

As you see in the above survey result, smack (powder form of heroin) is trying to take number 1 spot among the Punjabi youth. Drugs are easily available to anyone in Punjab. Parents never accept the truth regarding their kids' addiction to drugs. They think that they will loose their social respect in society and will do everything to hide the true facts.
Sikh Sangat

Sikhs in the army is hardly a new thing
Chavasse ( should ring a bell - VC and bar ) was assisted by a Sikh who er didnt get a medal..
The first photos of POWs after Dunkirk features Sikh servicemen

I am sorry he wrecked his chance