Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: military@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Drugs in War Message-ID: <12452@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 20 Dec 89 07:03:06 GMT References: <12395@cbnews.ATT.COM> Organization: Random Prime Research Institute Columbus, Ohio Lines: 29 Approved: military@att.att.com From: oink!jep (James E. Prior) In article <12395@cbnews.ATT.COM> carl@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Carl Noseworthy) writes: >From: Carl Noseworthy >Have governments ever condoned the use of drugs by their soldiers? Have >any governments even encouraged it? Years ago, a friend told me how his dad got his back messed up in the Korean War, fending off waves of soldiers doped up on morphine. They would take shots and just keep on coming until they were either dead or unconscious. There is some controversy about whether the Air Force encouraged the use of amphetamines so pilots could stay awake en-route during the mission over Libya a few years ago. I believe that around the turn of the century, our army had difficulty putting down doped up natives in the Philippines. Certainly many goverments have certainly condoned the use of alcohol to boost "resolve". There has been much serious research by governments into the use of drugs, both for use by their own people, and against enemies. -- Jim Prior jep@oink osu-cis!n8emr!oink!jep N8KSM