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Plenty of soldiers' lives depend on other soldiers' 100m dash times in combat... yet the military is quite good at preventing illegal drug use... and the drugs
by jackpirate 8y ago
Plenty of soldiers' lives depend on other soldiers' 100m dash times in combat... yet the military is quite good at preventing illegal drug use... and the drugs that soldiers most want to take are drugs that would harm physical performance
- rscho 8y agoYes, except that people who care for soldiers' lives outside of other soldiers are few and far in between.
- Permit 8y agoNo they don't. The marginal running ability (or strength) of a soldier does not save lives. That is, a solider who runs a 12.5s 100m dash will not save more lives than a soldier who runs a 12.6s 100m dash. Obviously there are minimum physical requirements to serve in the military, but once you're in you are not going to start saving more lives because you can run a little bit faster.
- kvee 8y agoSoldiers use stimulants too - https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/why-are-we-drugging-our-soldiers.html https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/why-are-we... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_and_culture_of_substituted_amphetamines#Military_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_and_culture_of_substit...
- nradov 8y agoAnecdotal reports indicate that illegal steroids and similar performance enhancing drugs are quite common in ground combat units. The military doesn't routinely test for those.
- strken 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drugs_used_by_militaries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drugs_used_by_militari... Modafinil, one of the common study drugs that med students are known to use, is used by quite a few militaries.
- FiveSquared25 8y agoAnd also see morphine use during Vietnam war