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There are known knowns; there are things we know we know.
We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.
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Plato? Aristotle? Rumsfeld.
 
Do it, sadly, I am using drugs for both making my brain feel happy and making my fingers type out this assignment. Oh, Dexedrine. Where would my ramblings be without you?
 
SamhainGrim said:
Methamphetamine was a popular one with the British forces in WWII. There was a headline somewhere that read "Methedrine Wins The Battle of London".

My dad (who never saw actual combat, and long after WWII) failed to see his extensive use of stims and downers during his Air Force days as 'drug use' of any kind.

The military, eh?
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It was difficult to get dates but I know my Father was given Benzedrine during the conflict in Aden in around '66 when they were put on nght patrol, he also remebers the inhalers yuo could take out a piace of foil and chew in it as it wa covered in Benzidrine, I've heardc of the cottom impregnated ones but he wears they had some with foil in them.

Pretty sure they do the same today for extended missins but its all kept very quite, The Americans seemed to have banned it in '91 but there are conflicting reports so I gave up trying to nali it down.
 
^AFAIK, the U.S. Air Force still uses Dexedrine as a "go-pill" for long missions. According to Wikipedia, "ground tests" are done before an airman is given amphetamines or other stimulants (I'm assuming this is to check for adverse/allergic reactions to stimulants by the airman in question).

WWII saw widespread use of amphetamine and methamphetamine by all sides. Makes sense if you're trying to turn exhausted soldiers into cold-hearted killing machines.
 
The Soviets preferred methcathinone, especially among the secret services. They believed it was less dangerous to feed to their agents than meth / amphetamine, and less likely to induce psychosis if used for prolonged periods.

I suppose that's another thrilling fact that can't win, eh Smugz? ;)

Though the good ol' USSR blessed the world with phenazepam, which has rarely been a force for good.
 
SamhainGrim said:
The Soviets preferred methcathinone, especially among the secret services. They believed it was less dangerous to feed to their agents than meth / amphetamine, and less likely to induce psychosis if used for prolonged periods.

I suppose that's another thrilling fact that can't win, eh Smugz? ;)

Though the good ol' USSR blessed the world with phenazepam, which has rarely been a force for good.
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Oh, those crazy Russians.

An interesting read:

Political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union (Wikipedia article, with tons o' fun links)
 
They also gave us secret weaponised fentanyl analogues. To be fair, if I'm going to be killed by a chemical weapon, i'd probably prefer that to nerve gas.
 
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