SHOCK: 'Monster' Energy Drinks Do NOT Cause Positive Drug Test, Study Finds
CHERRY POINT, N.C. — Military leaders are still struggling with a solution following a shock revelation Tuesday that "Monster" brand energy drinks do not in fact cause service members to test positive on drug tests.
"This is a game changer at all levels," said Sgt. Maj. Benjamin Pangborn, the chief enlisted leader at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. "For years we've been giving our Marines a pass when they pissed hot because they claimed it was the Monster. Kind of like when you eat an MRE with the poppy seed cake, it makes you piss hot."
Now, Panborn said, military leaders believe many previously cleared troops were actually using cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy, or worse. "This just changes everything," he added.
The shocking news comes following an intensive study by the Army Criminal Investigative Division forensics lab in Quantico, Va., with cooperation from other service branches.
"We will have to revisit years of old thrown-out positive results," said Command Sgt. Maj. Wolf Hamma…
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