Terrorists At Beslan Were Drug Addicts

It seems to me that AnalogKid at Random Nuclear Strikes should get some credit for the scoop on this story.

FORENSIC tests show that some of the terrorists who seized more than 1000 hostages in a school in the southern Russian town of Beslan last month were drug addicts, says senior prosecutor.

Nikolai Shepel, Russia's deputy prosecutor general, said forensic experts found traces of drugs in the bodies of some of the militants that exceeded normally lethal levels.

This indicated they were long-term drug addicts, he said in a statement carried by the Interfax and Itar-Tass news agencies.

Apparently, it's common knowledge in Eastern Europe that Chechen society tolerates widespread drug use. (sarcasm)How nice. Now, all we have to do is follow their example and decriminalize drugs in the U.S. and we too can have a Beslan adventure.(/sarcasm)