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by consumer451 208 days ago
An army of tweakers. I don't think that this aspect of the War and the Holocaust are discussed enough. Certainly no excuse, but it is very interesting.

> Chronic Meth users have deficits in memory and executive functioning as well as higher rates of anxiety, depression, and most notably psychosis. [0]

In more recent times of horror:

> After the fall of the al-Assad regime in Syria, large stockpiles of the illicit drug captagon have reportedly been uncovered.

> The stockpiles, found by Syrian rebels, are believed to be linked to al-Assad military headquarters, implicating the fallen regime in the drug’s manufacture and distribution. [1]

[0] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3764482/

[1] https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-drug-captagon-and-ho...

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There were also reports about widespread use of captagon during the attacks of October 7th 2023.
I had not heard that, but I can believe it.
Im sure eventually whatever pills the Germans were taking back then were bad for you but I would imagine smoking huge doses of not so pure street meth is quite a bit different than something created in a lab.

That being said if anyone uses drugs to avoid sleeping for many days straight I would imagine it's quite horrible for your mental health

Considering the soldiers were already extremely high risk for lead poisoning, might have been low on the list of concerns.
So…not that different.
Highly recommend the book "Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich" by Norman Ohler, a podcast promo led me to get the book from the library and I really liked it!