Comments on: Drug Use and Addiction in War

By: yebegoon

yebegoon — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:17:28 +0000

I agree with dfghcvbn. There is not a “don’t ask don’t tell” policy on drugs in the Army right now. The routine piss checks and DUI checkpoints tell a different story. Also, if you’re caught doing drugs, it’s not a slap on the wrist. I’ve had friends kicked out of the Army and friends demoted and forced to forfeit pay.

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By: dfghcvbn

dfghcvbn — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:51:34 +0000

what are you talking about? dont ask dont tell doesnt apply to substance abuse- drunk driving ends careers, piss tests are constantly busting people for drug use, even in the military steroids are still illegal.

By: Television Spy

Television Spy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:15:13 +0000

Abundance in relation to how they feel about the war in relation to whether they were drafted in relation to general morale=equation of how much drugs constitutes daily soldier life.

Factor in boredom as well.

By: crewcaptain

crewcaptain — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:40:09 +0000

Thanks Tom,

I think you have written an intersting introduction. depth is a topic for another day. One of the easy aspects of this article was the non-judgement associated. It’s good just to hear what is or what was and why.

@Bliss thanks for clarifying that aspect. Most of the opium from the Golden triangle was being processed in factories to heroin, from there a lot was shipped to soldiers and for other countries black markets. This funded a whole secret war in Laos by the CIA.

Opium likes to grow at elevations greater than 2000 meters and there isn’t a lot of that in the center and south of vietnam. A lot in the North but most fighting wasn’t near these areas, Most opium and products would be from Laos, Burma a bit from Nth thailand but not so much and possibly a bit from Southern China although i’ve never heard of it being grown there since Communism. Interestingly the only prohibitionist state where prohibition and closing the borders brought opium use to zero

By: Tom Langdale

Tom Langdale — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:17:39 +0000

@crewcaptain

It heavily depends on the unit. Some in command are indifferent to drug use, some condone it and others are completely against it. This article was written in haste, my editor was riding my ass and it’s nowhere near as indepth as i’d like it to be. I would have loved to have been able to research and write more on the subject.

I have family and friends in the army, all of which have had encounters with drugs on base & elsewhere but not every serviceman does or knows people who do drugs in the military.

Also, it should be noted i’m not making a judgment their use either way.