[FeeJai]

I would like to add that Hitler was a severe Methamphetamine addict (yes, seriously). During that time, Chocolate was laced with Meth and packaged under the name Pervitin. That drug was the secret behind the success of the German Blitzkrieg against Poland, the soldiers just did not become tired. Of course it had the same side effects, that people became irrational and aggressive. What the NYT wrote might very well have been true in 1922, a severe meth addiction changes people and makes them more aggressive.

[andromeduck]

Also fun, modern militaries kept using amphetamines in combat until a sleep deprived american in a F16 shot up a bunch of Canadians in Afghanistan. Now it's just Modafinil for NATO countries at least.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-go_pill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarnak_Farm_incident

Other drugs historically used as a stimulant in warfare include Khat in the horn of africa/persian peninsula and Betel nuts in asia, and various forms of I think fungi in the Americas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_nut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khat

[FreshFries]

Do not for get Dutch courage!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_courage