UW News
Tom Walton
May 8, 2014
Army drug users twice as likely to use synthetic marijuana as regular marijuana
![Package of "Spice," which is synthetic marijuana.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/05/04183406/Spice_Synthetic_Substance-WikiMedia-Commons-150x150.jpg)
Social work researchers from the University of Washington have found that among a group of active-duty Army personnel who use illicit drugs, the most abused substance is synthetic marijuana, nicknamed “Spice,” which is harder to detect than other drugs through standard drug tests.