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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
by 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 agoA lot of alcohol before.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y agoAs a serviceman I've never heard of this. Do Rip Its count?
- boomboomsubban 4y agoStimulants 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 agoTraditional ≠ special forces
- boomboomsubban 4y agoI 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 agoI'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 agoThe 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 agoNO-Explode & Rip Fuel. Not provided by the service, though.
- potta_coffee 4y agoI almost died from a RipIt overdose.