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Neither e.g. vodka nor tobacco give the explicit tactical advantage amphetamine do, though. Spirits, cannabis and opeoids arguable give tactical disadvantage.
by rightbyte 2y ago
Neither e.g. vodka nor tobacco give the explicit tactical advantage amphetamine do, though. Spirits, cannabis and opeoids arguable give tactical disadvantage.
I would differ 'humans trying to cope' and 'mindless robot' drugs.
The military might proactivly want to hand out amphetamine to increase 'stamina' at the cost of soldier health and some increased risk of war crimes.
'Cope drugs' is rather some sort of damage control.
- everforward 2y agoOpioids were allegedly effective as propaganda in Vietnam because users wouldn't stay down when shot until they were actually dead. It doesn't offset the downsides, but there are advantages. Amphetamines have kind of dubious advantages. The benefits of increased stamina and "courage" are heavily offset by the impact on critical thinking, especially with sustained use. Afaik, the only use by professional militaries is for pilots where the regimen is much easier to monitor and maintain. Russia allegedly used them during the invasion of Ukraine, but I'd be curious if they were given to professional soldiers or conscripts/shock troops. At the end of WWII, the Germans were messing with a tablet that was a compound of cocaine, methamphetamine and oxycodone. I cannot even imagine what the come down from all that plus a 90 km/day marching speed with 20kg of equipment was like.