[ck2]

surprised it's not being used in war

Soviets/Russia came up with a whole bunch of abusive drugs to deal with cold and exhaustion (racetams, etc)

Sometimes I go read the WADA banned list just to see what people are messing with

(cathinones and derivatives already banned by WADA)

A lot of the stuff comes out of horse racing

[xg15]

How do you know it's not used in the wars?

Though I wonder if there is a risk of causing accidents. Feeling focused is not the same as being focused, especially if on drugs. The effect might be ok to get some slick sales presentation over or do some programming work, but that doesn't mean I'd like to be in a car driven by someone on that thing or in the proximity of their weapon.

[cluckindan]

There are so many drugs used in wars. In addition to the standard stimulants and painkillers, some Russian soldiers in Bucha were using ED pills (viagra) in their campaign to denazify elderly people and children.

[TheMayorOfDunce]

In 2014, the U.S. military distributed almost $85 million of Viagra to their ranks. More than 100,000 prescriptions to active-duty soldiers. I get what you are implying but there is usually a rational reason when armies are distributing ED medication.

[phatfish]

Was this to test the limits of "don't ask don't tell"?

[renegade-otter]

You probably don't want your soldiers all wound up and ultra-horny during an offensive.

The Nazis gave you speed as part of a standard kit. That's why the Blitzkrieg was done in one wave with no rotations.

The drawback is that those soldiers were all a health wreck after 4-5 years on that stuff.