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All this is pretty well known about drug use in WWII - this piece is written as if it's all an amazing discovery. Blitzkrieg was achieved with drugs, Allied bom

• Semiapies 10y ago
  The middle third or more of the 20th century is dominated by world leaders on these drugs, up to at least Kennedy.
• Someone 10y ago
  Drugging soldiers also wasn't new in WWII at all. Alcohol was used in navies the world around for centuries, tobacco and alcohol were used in the trenches of World War One. It also didn't end in World War Two. 'downers' and 'uppers' were used in Korea and Vietnam, and how do you think US pilots flew missions from Missouri to Tripoli and Afghanistan? Not only on a good night's sleep and fruit juice. That's even public knowledge. For example, http://usoonpatrol.org/archives/2014/11/13/b-2-pilot-flew-longest-combat http://usoonpatrol.org/archives/2014/11/13/b-2-pilot-flew-lo...: "In order to fight off the release of melatonin that comes at that moment, the flight doctor had given each crew member an approved “pick me up pill” to make sure everyone was alert going into combat"