Isn’t there a certain risk indulging in that when you could be attacked at any time? Your superiors may gave you time off, but that doesn’t mean the enemy will?
A lot of my superiors were alcoholics. That’s even worse than having potheads around. Alcoholism is a huge problem in the rear. But we were based in DaNang so there wasn’t lot of enemy activity when we were at camp. Sometimes the NVA would send rockets over. But even a pothead can usually find a bunker. And we didn’t usually smoke so much as to become a problem. And not every time in camp either. We did have some sense of self-preservation. Lol. Amazing how fast you can sober up when some 82mm mortar rounds come arcing in.