War on drugs? 110k active US troops 'on prescribed meds'
Thousands of US soldiers are going into battle fueled by all sorts of
prescription medications, be they amphetamines, antidepressants,
sedatives or others. Largely unmonitored consumption of drugs can lead
to aberrant behavior and mental disorders.
Over 110,000 American service personnel took prescribed medications in 2011 to battle through everyday military routine.
The
Times recently disclosed that nearly 8 per cent of active-duty American
servicemen and women take sedatives and over 6 per cent are on
antidepressants, a tremendous eightfold increase since 2005, when two
wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were in full swing..... MORE
Source: RT.com
URL: http://rt.com/news/us-army-medicine-drugs-580/
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