Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: yp-mjk@stekt.oulu.fi (Mikko Katajam{ki) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Drugs in War Message-ID: <12450@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 20 Dec 89 07:03:03 GMT References: <12395@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: University of Oulu, Dept. of EE, Finland Lines: 29 Approved: military@att.att.com From: yp-mjk@stekt.oulu.fi (Mikko Katajam{ki) In article <12395@cbnews.ATT.COM> carl@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Carl Noseworthy) writes: > From: Carl Noseworthy > Post to sci.military (Is this the right address?) > Have governments ever condoned the use of drugs by their soldiers? Have > any governments even encouraged it? I could see some sort of physical > advantage if a whole army was on steroids. What other types of drugs > might be used to enhance performance in soldiers? For example, were Japanese > Kamikaze pilots given some sort of drug before their final flights? I can't refer to anything right now, but about a year ago I read a book considering the drug abuse now and before. In the book it was mentioned that U.S. soldiers got some portions of "vitamin-A" in the end of WWII (the run to Berlin) and I believe as well in the Korean war. The stuff was basicly amphetamin, might also have some real vitamins too, but the idea was to keep soldiers awake longer. -- Mikko Katajam{ki # e-mail: mjk@steks.oulu.fi Dept. of elec. eng. # yp-mjk@stekt.oulu.fi University of Oulu # SF-90570 Oulu, Finland # "Yes", said a schizophrenic,"no!"