Finn is a squared-away Marine: fit, disciplined, proud. Like many Marines, he takes supplements to train harder and stay in the fight longer. The label on the container the supplements came in, which he didn’t read, listed ipamorelin, CJC-1295, and enclomiphene — alphabet-soup chemicals he couldn’t pronounce.

They are also on a Department of Defense “prohibited ingredients” list that he didn’t know existed.

Weeks after a superior discovered the supplements in his room, Finn was facing separation for “drug abuse.” No hearing, no real chance to explain, allowed only to submit a written statement, pleading that some official he would never meet might let him keep the budding career that already meant everything to him.

Finn, whose name I’ve changed here, is one of hundreds of service membe

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