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Next up: U.S. Military cocaine dealers earn $100M a year from service members. I was gonna write more, but I fear I might be giving readers ideas and honestly

Next up: U.S. Military cocaine dealers earn $100M a year from service members. I was gonna write more, but I fear I might be giving readers ideas and honestly no military needs any more ideas on how to monetize their soldiers.

hooverd 4y ago
That's just Fort Bragg.
shanebellone 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_involvement_in_Contra_cocaine_trafficking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_involvement_in_Contra_coca...
boomboomsubban 4y ago
The military has traditionally been kind enough to give stimulants to servicemen for free. Cocaine until between the World Wars, amphetamines got phased out in the past few decades, and now mostly modafinil.
- watwut 4y ago
  A lot of alcohol before.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago
  As a serviceman I've never heard of this. Do Rip Its count?
  - boomboomsubban 4y ago
    Stimulants are often given to pilots or people on Special Forces missions to prevent fatigue. It's not a hidden thing, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_psychoactive_drugs_used_by_militaries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_psychoactive_drugs_use... for some details. Historically, the use was far more common.
    - 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago
      Traditional ≠ special forces
      - boomboomsubban 4y ago
        I don't have any idea what you're trying to say here. The US military still gives out stimulants to servicemen, though far fewer of them receive safer drugs than in the past.
        2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago
        I'm only at odds with the words "traditional" and "often". I'm a serviceman and I haven't heard of it. Were you a pilot? I'm also saying that special forces aren't exactly traditional. Would you say that the military traditionally sports beards and ballcaps because SF do?
        boomboomsubban 4y ago
        The practice is traditional, and it's still done with pilots and special forces. I don't know why you haven't heard about it, the use is well documented.
  - red-iron-pine 4y ago
    NO-Explode & Rip Fuel. Not provided by the service, though.
  - potta_coffee 4y ago
    I almost died from a RipIt overdose.
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hooverd 4y ago

That's just Fort Bragg.

shanebellone 4y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_involvement_in_Contra_cocaine_trafficking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_involvement_in_Contra_coca...

boomboomsubban 4y ago

The military has traditionally been kind enough to give stimulants to servicemen for free. Cocaine until between the World Wars, amphetamines got phased out in the past few decades, and now mostly modafinil.

watwut 4y ago
A lot of alcohol before.
2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago
As a serviceman I've never heard of this. Do Rip Its count?
- boomboomsubban 4y ago
  Stimulants are often given to pilots or people on Special Forces missions to prevent fatigue. It's not a hidden thing, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_psychoactive_drugs_used_by_militaries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_psychoactive_drugs_use... for some details. Historically, the use was far more common.
  - 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago
    Traditional ≠ special forces
    - boomboomsubban 4y ago
      I don't have any idea what you're trying to say here. The US military still gives out stimulants to servicemen, though far fewer of them receive safer drugs than in the past.
      - 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago
        I'm only at odds with the words "traditional" and "often". I'm a serviceman and I haven't heard of it. Were you a pilot? I'm also saying that special forces aren't exactly traditional. Would you say that the military traditionally sports beards and ballcaps because SF do?
        boomboomsubban 4y ago
        The practice is traditional, and it's still done with pilots and special forces. I don't know why you haven't heard about it, the use is well documented.
- red-iron-pine 4y ago
  NO-Explode & Rip Fuel. Not provided by the service, though.
- potta_coffee 4y ago
  I almost died from a RipIt overdose.

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