But he acknowledged that Saxon is likely to face further prosecution on related use or distribution charges in U.S. military court. Saxon is one of several people from Yokota's American Forces Network detachment to be investigated this year for alleged use of ecstasy. Three, including Saxon, have been charged. The third person charged, former AFN deejay Senior Airman Kim Fortune, was also sentenced Monday. She, like Saxon, told the court that she's likely to face court-martial back at Yokota.
Ecstasy is difficult to detect with conventional drug tests.
Both Saxon and Fortune, acknowledged users of the drug, passed urine tests. But the number of servicemembers testing positive for the drug has been rising for several years, with a concurrent rise in punishments. A quarter of Naval Criminal Investigative Service drug cases, for example, now involve ecstasy, a drug extremely rare among military users a few years ago. Military officials point out that proven military drug-use rates remain a tiny fraction of civilian rates, and are typically well below 1 percent of the force. The drug is usually manufactured in Europe, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.