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  2. Use of drugs in warfare - Wikipedia

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    It has also been used to anaesthetize injured soldiers, celebrate military victories, and cope with the emotions of defeat. Military and veteran populations face significant challenges in addressing the co-occurrence of PTSD and alcohol use disorder. While existing interventions show promise, more research is needed to evaluate their ...

  3. Drug policy of Nazi Germany - Wikipedia

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    Pervitin, an early form of methamphetamine, was widely used in Nazi Germany and was available without a prescription. [1]The generally tolerant official drug policy in the Third Reich, the period of Nazi control of Germany from the 1933 Machtergreifung to Germany's 1945 defeat in World War II, was inherited from the Weimar government which was installed in 1919 following the dissolution of the ...

  4. List of psychoactive drugs used by militaries - Wikipedia

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    Military and veteran populations face significant challenges in addressing the co-occurrence of PTSD and alcohol use disorder. [29] Benzedrine was claimed to have been administered by Allied forces during WWII, esp. by the US [2] [30] Germany and Japan used methamphetamine. [31] Fenethylline (trade name Captagon) has played a role in the Syrian ...

  5. Otto Friedrich Ranke - Wikipedia

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    The drug was brought to the attention of Ranke, at the time a military doctor and director of the Institute for General and Defense Physiology at Berlin's Academy of Military Medicine. [4] The effects of amphetamines are similar to those of the adrenaline produced by the body, triggering a heightened state of alert. In most people, the ...

  6. South L.A. deputy died from 'effects of methamphetamine ... - AOL

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    More than a month after the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department announced the "unexpected passing" of a deputy, medical examiner records now show he died from the effects of methamphetamine.

  7. California sheriff's deputy died on duty from methamphetamine ...

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    A 41-year-old Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy died in a methamphetamine overdose at a sheriff’s station in April, according to authorities.

  8. History and culture of substituted amphetamines - Wikipedia

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    Crystal methamphetamine (most commonly, colloquially known as "crystal meth" or "ice") and free base forms of amphetamine are sufficiently volatile substances and this allows them to be vaporized by high heat (i.e. using a lighter) and the fumes are inhaled (or "smoked") from glass paraphernalia known as base pipes (most commonly, colloquially ...

  9. How Zoom became a haven for meth users: 'It's safer and ... - AOL

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    Regular meth users say online platforms have fundamentally changed the experience of using, worsening parts of an already blazing global meth addiction problem. How Zoom became a haven for meth ...