Jolt.

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To war with liquid stimulant!

"Ukrainian soldiers hooked on energy drinks – NYT"

 https://www.rt.com/russia | 9 Jun, 2024  https://tinyurl.com/5n6s7ddu

"Some service members are unable to cope with the workload on the front line without a liquid jolt, the paper reports"

Older individuals I well suspect!

"Energy drinks have become the beverage of choice for many Ukrainian soldiers in the conflict with Russia despite health concerns, the New York Times reported on Saturday."

"According to numerous Ukrainian troops interviewed by the paper, the sugar- and caffeine-loaded drinks are often the only way for them to overcome extreme exhaustion and endure the harsh realities of the front line."

War is a game for young men!

"Energy drinks have become increasingly popular among individuals seeking a quick energy boost. However, these drinks can pose serious health risks, especially for certain groups"

Particular dangerous for older men with undiagnosed heart condition. Too much "boost" and you can die!

See previous blog entries that topic of stimulant the Ukraine Conflict:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/08/kapuziner.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2022/07/cezve.html

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Steroids.

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"One pill makes you happy, one pill makes you small, and the one that mother gives you doesn't do anything for you at all!"

"The Navy will start randomly testing SEALs and special warfare troops for steroids"

From https://www.whec.com | September 29, 2023 | LOLITA C. BALDOR The Associated Press.

"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy will begin randomly testing its special operations forces for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs beginning in November, taking a groundbreaking step that military leaders have long resisted."

"Rear Adm. Keith Davids, commander of Naval Special Warfare Command, announced the new program Friday in a message to his force, calling it necessary to protect their health and military readiness."

As summarized from The Search Engine: "The most commonly used PEDs are anabolic androgenic steroids, known for their ability to build and strengthen muscle as well as reduce body fat. Forty trainees either tested positive or admitted to using 'steroids or other drugs in violation of Navy regulations.'”

Steroids do work! Allows and individual to build muscle-mass greater and quicker. Gives an advantage to the individual who consumes the drug while engaging in preparation for intense physical activity. A BODYBUILDER favorite.

But can damage the body and cause PSYCHIATRIC problems very negative!

Admittedly the military special operations troop of whatever branch pushing the limits of physical ability. That ideal being someone who has a combination of strength and endurance. Preparation for a program such as SEAL a must but do so drug free!

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Viagra.

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To war with sex drug?

Not quite so.

"Congresswoman calls out military’s $41 million Viagra budget per year"

From https://americanmilitarynews.com | JULY 14, 2023 article by TIMOTHY FRUDD.

"Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.) called out the military’s annual multi-million dollar Viagra budget during a congressional hearing with the Department of Defense’s director of contracting Thursday."

"During Thursday’s Oversight Hearing on Defense Spending, Lee asked Department of Defense Contracting Director John Tenaglia about the military’s expensive Viagra annual budget. Viagra which is a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction and can also be used to treat high blood pressure in the lungs."

"Asked how much the military spends annually on Viagra, Tenaglia said he did not have the figure with him. In response, Lee said the military spends roughly $41.5 million per year on Viagra."

And now for the rest of the story:

"According to BBC News, the majority of Viagra prescriptions are for older military retirees, not for active duty personnel. A previous study indicated that only 10% of Viagra prescriptions are filled for active members of the military."

For the old guys retired and not for the young guys on active duty! Predominantly so! We should all be so relieved now.

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Monsters.

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“'And we see: the cruelty and barbarity with which the military personnel of Ukraine behave, the crimes that they commit against the civilian population, those monstrous crimes that they commit against prisoners of war, confirm that this system for the control and creation of a cruel murder machine was implemented under the management of the United States,' . . . 'And those performance enhancing drugs that they are still given in order to completely neutralize the last traces of human consciousness and turn them into the most cruel and deadly monsters also confirm this,'” - Irina Yarovaya, deputy chair of the State Duma [Russian parliament].

Ukrainian super-human soldiers with enhanced physical and maybe mental faculties: "faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!"

All a result of secret American bio-laboratories located in the Ukraine??

"Russia Says It’s Losing Because Ukraine Has Experimental Mutant Troops Created in Secret Biolabs"

As seen at "The Daily Beast" the story by Allison Quinn July 19, 2022.

"Nearly five months into its senseless war against Ukraine, Russia has concocted a wild new explanation for why the Kremlin’s plans for a quick takeover fell apart so spectacularly—because Ukrainian troops were turned into superhuman killing machines during 'secret experiments' in American-run biolabs, of course."

[....]

"Testing of Ukrainian POWs’ blood, they claimed, uncovered 'a range of diseases' that suggest they were secretly experimented on 'for military purposes.'”

Personally I might think enhancement as meaning drugs commonly known as of the "speed" variety and nothing more than that. Mutations of the basic human physiology mainly if not fully an idea confined to the world of science-fiction.

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Cezve.

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To war with coffee! The Ukrainian Conflict.

Stimulation for sentries and those on guard duty and having been deprived of sleep!

"The High-Octane Coffee Fueling Ukraine’s Front Line Forces"

From atlasobscurea.com the article by KRIS PARKER JULY 7, 2022.

"The bitter, strong 'Ukrainer' provides caffeine and a moment of calm."

[....] 

"Granovskiy is one of Ukraine’s leading experts of the cezve, or ibrik, brewing method. Commonly called 'Turkish' or 'Eastern' coffee, the technique utilizes a long-handled pot, which is called a cezve, to brew finely ground coffee beans in water over a flame without a filter. The grounds are left in the cup when served, and the result is a strong cup of coffee. The brewing method is popular throughout regions of the former Ottoman Empire and its periphery."

"Turkish coffee being poured from a copper cezve. A cezve . . . is a small long-handled pot with a pouring lip designed specifically to make Turkish coffee. It is traditionally made of brass or copper, occasionally also silver or gold. In more recent times cezveler are also made from stainless steel, aluminum, or ceramics."

YES indeed. Coffee brewed in this manner was a favorite of the Janissary soldier of the Ottoman Empire. Stay awake and alert while on sentry duty and you will not lose your head or have your throat cut.

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UP-8.

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"The US has been involved in testing experimental drugs on 'volunteers' from the ranks of the Ukrainian military" - - Lieutenant-General Igor Kirillov. Commander of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Forces.

Human guinea pigs Ukraine? USA testing pharmaceuticals in an unwarranted manner?

From the controlled [?] Russian Internet media outlet "Russian Times" and thanks to same.

"Russia claims US tested experimental drugs on Ukrainian soldiers"

24 Mar, 2022.

"The Russian military has raised new allegations of US-sponsored secretive research in Ukraine"

[....]

“According to data published in the Bulgarian media, about 20 Ukrainian soldiers died during the experiments in the Kharkov laboratory alone, and another 200 were hospitalized,' . . .  'more than four thousand people' were involved in the testing in Ukraine."

This is all part of something called Deep Drug AI. Pharmaceutical research and development using artificial intelligence to speed up the R & D process. MILITARY application not mentioned.

Ukraine as is noted in the RT article NOT the only country where such research is carried out. The idea here too is that such "experimentation" could not been done in the USA. "Go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall".

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Excess.

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American military personnel behaving badly! Consequences dire!

Black Knights of the Hudson. Even they do it. Even they. Drug use. Drug overdose.

"Spring Break overdose victims identified as West Point football players"

Sun Sentinel ^ 3/11/2022

"Spring break is frequently associated with extensive gatherings and riotous partying in warm climate locations . . . attended regardless of participants' educational standings."

RIOTOUS PARTYING WITH EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND PROMISCUOUS RANDOM SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS.

Ingestion of drugs also a common factor within the modern context!

"WILTON MANORS [FLA] — The six college students who overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine Thursday in Wilton Manors have been identified as students at the U.S. Military Academy [USMA] at West Point, the Sun Sentinel has learned."

"The football players were in town for Spring Break, renting a house in Wilton Manors that would become the scene of a desperate attempt to save lives."

"After using the drug, at least two students went immediately into cardiac arrest. Two students who hadn’t taken the drug tried to give their friend mouth-to-mouth and received enough fentanyl that way to suffer overdoses themselves."

Sports an integral part of your educational process, the USMA West Point. Not only the physical fitness aspect stressed, but the value of teamwork too another lesson learned.

Hardly is the officer corps of the U.S. Army immune to temptations of the modern world to include drug use.

Academy students/graduates we tend to think of as the epitome of the All-American boy, a specially-chosen person of outstanding mental and physical ability, the straight-arrow sound character type rock-solid, an example to all youth USA.

Football players in particular are supposed to take super-care of their bodies as essential to winning on the playing field. These young men obviously did not.

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Captagon II.

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When Vlaimir Putin speaks of defeating drug addicts and neo-Nazi elements this is what he has in mind?

Daesh = Islamic State.

"Labs Producing Drugs for Ukrainian Nationalists Found in DPR - Sputnik Correspondent"

05.03.2022, Sputnik International.

"The drug laboratories were discovered by DPR troops in the village of Sopino near Mariupol, where bases of the 'Right Sector' nationalist organisation"  

"Donetsk People Republic (DPR) troops have discovered what appears to be drug laboratories where "combat" drugs for Ukrainian nationalists were made, a Sputnik correspondent reported.A DPR soldier said that drugs are the reason for the "stupidity and courage" of the Ukrainian nationalists. Locals from Kharkov also told Sputnik that fighters of the nationalist battalions currently in the city "give the impression of people in a state of drug intoxication, they behave inappropriately and exalted, have wild eyes".The so-called "combat drugs" - particularly, captagon, which contains amphetamine - are extremely popular among Daesh* terrorists. Daesh fighters use them in order to not feel fear and to increase morale."

"One pill makes you larger

And one pill makes you small,

And the ones that mother gives you

Don’t do anything at all.

Go ask Alice

When she’s ten feet tall."

Heavy dude. Heavy! And thank you Grace Slick.

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1 Yorks.

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English soldiers behaving badly! Illegal drug use resulting in soldiers being cashiered. Cocaine use mostly. For shame.

Yet more from the Russian Internet media.

"19 Soldiers Face The Boot As ‘Off The Scale’ Drug Bust in UK Army Raises 'Serious Questions'"

"give (one) the boot: 1. To fire one."

"Data for 2019 showed that 660 UK army soldiers and reservists - nearly the equivalent of a battalion – were discharged after testing positive for illicit substances, mostly cocaine, in mandatory tests (CDTs), an increase from 580 in 2017."

"The soldiers – mostly of Private rank with at least one a Lance Corporal – hail from the 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment."

A DISGRACE TO THE REGIMENT ONE AND ALL THEIR NAMES WILL LIVE IN INFAMY.

See previous blog entries drug use within the British military:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2019/06/blow.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2017/10/visit-usa.html

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VETS.

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More drug stuff and the military dimension.

Zowie again man. Heavy. Psychedelics. Hallucinogenic drugs. Mind-altering substances. But no GOD!

"MEETING GOD: POWERFUL PSYCHEDELIC THERAPY IS HELPING SOME WOUNDED VETS HEAL"

Still more from the Internet webzine Coffee or Die, the article by David Maccar.

Hallucinogenic drugs as a remedy to treat battlefield-induced PTSD+? Can it be so? It is at least worth a try? You must leave the USA to engage in such treatments.

Soldiers not only suffering from conventional PTSD [post-traumatic stress-syndrome] but ALSO head and brain injury of  some sort.

"Abed in white linens sits in the center of a wood floor, lit by soft daylight streaming through large windows. Outside is a still desert landscape pockmarked with scrub brush and cactus. A veteran is on the bed, tattooed, laying still as a corpse."

"A man next to him, also tatted up, with a calm face, asks the former airman if he’s ready. The only sign of life is his slow, hesitant, thumbs up. The calm man holds a mysterious little box to the veteran’s face. He tells him to breathe in for 10 seconds and hold the chemical vapor in his lungs for 10 full seconds. It is the same dark chemical the human brain secretes when it dies. Soon, there is no bed, no room, no calm man or windows or desert."

This is "way of the shaman" type of healing. A drug induced mind-altering state allowing for: "the act of voluntarily accessing and connecting to non-ordinary states — or spirit realms — for wisdom and healing."

WORKS ONLY IF YOU BELIEVE IT WORKS. PERSONALLY I AM NOT A BIG FAN OF ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF MEDICINE AND HEALING. BUT MAYBE THAT IS BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE.

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Drogen II.

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"Hitler did not drink. Hitler did not smoke. Hitler did not wench. But Hitler it is believed a user of stimulants in a reckless manner actually perhaps his mentality to make reasoned decisions severely compromised."

Hitler also a vegetarian. Led the clean and healthful life except for those "minor" episodes of ingestion of mind-altering drugs. Zowie!

With finality from a much prior blog entry heavily edited.

 "Nazis tested cocaine on camp inmates " 

 "The pills contained a mix of cocaine, the amphetamine pervitin and a morphine-related painkiller, according to Focus, which said that Nazi scientists began experimenting with the drug in 1944." "It was hoped the drug would give soldiers almost unlimited fighting powers at a time when the German armies were in retreat." 

This approach toward producing a soldier capable of superhuman performance by drugging the troops is very wrong-headed. Perhaps [and only so] good in the short run, very bad in the long run. You will end up with a brain-fried individual whose senses and mental state will become warped - - an unmanageable troop. Also, with the various types of "speed" drugs and any form of opiate, your body will constantly crave more and more, a level of "tolerance" NEVER becoming possible, an unlimited and insatiable addiction being the result. 

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Drogen I.

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Further of German and Nazi drug use during the Second World War [WW2]. As from a much previous blog entry repeated here with significant editing.

"At first the members of the punishment battalion whistled and sang songs. [But] most of them had collapsed after the first 24 hours." 

NAZI experimentation camp! 

The perception the German Nazi regime always liked to cultivate is that fascism promoted and advocated the clean way of living. NO smoking, drinking only beer or wine pleasurably and in moderation, a continuous regimen of physical fitness being the order of the day, ascetics the lot of the population, clean living persons of good, even of outstanding health, the natural way of life preferred. 

"Ascetic lifestyle - - a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from various sorts of worldly pleasures" 

As with most other things, this perception was NOT totally accurate. Indeed, for the German military [and prior to the war among the general German populace also] during World War Two [WW2], abusive drug use and an over-indulgence in alcoholic beverage was quite the norm. The use of drugs as stimulants being ENCOURAGED, EVEN ADVOCATED AND EMBRACED AS A WAY TO ACHIEVE VICTORY!! 

"Hitler's Drugged Soldiers" 

"Many of the Wehrmacht's soldiers were high on Pervitin when they went into battle, especially against Poland [1939] and France [1940] -- in a Blitzkrieg fueled by speed. The German military was supplied with millions of methamphetamine tablets during the first half of 1940. The drugs were part of a plan to help pilots, sailors and infantry troops become capable of superhuman performance."

"The military leadership liberally dispensed such stimulants, but also alcohol and opiates. The drug of choice being an amphetamine, Pervitin. Widely available, sold over-the-counter even, and distributed in abundance, no heed being given to debilitating effects. 

Alcohol consumption too was encouraged: "Alcohol, the people's drug, was also popular in the Wehrmacht . . . 'only a fanatic would refuse to give a soldier something that can help him relax and enjoy life after he has faced the horrors of battle, or would reprimand him for enjoying a friendly drink or two with his comrades.'" 

Further experimentation on even more powerful versions of "stimulants" were carried out on concentration camp inmates, the desire on the part of Nazi scientists and doctors again to produce a soldier capable of superhuman effort, all the while in a drug enhanced state!! 

As is noted, debilitating effects too great. The "speed" type of drug when stopped being given results in a severe "down".

Hitler did not drink. Hitler did not smoke. Hitler did not wench. But Hitler it is believed a user of stimulants in a reckless manner actually perhaps his mentality to make reasoned decisions severely compromised.

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Yerba.

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"One pill makes me happy. One pill makes me small. And the one mother gives me, doesn't do any good at all."

From the Internet web site Strategy Page and thanks to same.

American troops drugged in a deliberate manner? But for a good purpose?

"Morale: Lifesaving Fatigue Remedies"

"August 5, 2021: Among the many advances in military medicine since 2000, one of the least noted is improvements in alertness drugs which have been used for over a century to keep soldiers, sailors and eventually airmen alert during long periods of necessary wakefulness. Most current alertness drugs are non-prescription items,"

A long list of drugs non-addictive being passed out to the troops to increase a level of alertness and wakefulness as described.

One possible useful drug and not mentioned yerba mate. A favorite drink of the Argentinian gaucho. A tea-like brewed drink provides for more energy longer, combats listlessness, fatigue and sleepiness without dangerous side effects such as jitteriness as you might get with excessive consumption of caffeine.

From the noted medical authority Mayo Clinic:

"Yerba mate is an herbal tea. This tea, commonly known simply as mate, is popular in parts of South America. The leaves and twigs of the yerba mate plant are dried, typically over a fire, and steeped in hot water to make an herbal tea. Yerba mate may be served cold or hot. Like black tea, yerba mate contains caffeine, which is a stimulant."

"In the U.S., yerba mate is widely available in health food stores and online. People who recommend yerba mate say that it can relieve fatigue, aid in weight loss, ease depression, and help treat headaches and various other conditions. There's limited evidence that yerba mate may help with some of these conditions."

GERMAN EXPERIMENTATION WITH FATIGUE REDUCING DRUGS DURING WW2 WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED. 

During the period of the Roman Empire a soldier falling asleep while on guard duty the punishment death. The old ways preferred?

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Gunner.

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Yet once more Canadian military personnel behaving badly.

"Canadian soldier charged with feeding cannabis cupcakes to artillery unit during live-fire exercise"

From CTV News ^ | May 20, 2021 | Todd Coyne and the tip as seen at Freeper.

"VICTORIA -- A Canadian army gunner is facing more than a dozen charges after she allegedly served cannabis-laced cupcakes to her unsuspecting artillery unit during a live-fire exercise."

"Court documents allege a sudden onset of paranoia, fatigue and confusion among the troops who ate the cupcakes, unaware of their psychoactive contents."

"'Several affected members were allegedly unable to properly execute safe weapons and explosive handling drills,' according to a military judge’s summary of the charges."

THERE IT IS THE NUTSHELL. ARTILLERY TROOPS UNABLE TO FUNCTION PROPERLY DURING LIVE-FIRE DRILLS. ENDANGERING EVERYONE. VERY SERIOUS CHARGES.

Magic brownies and magic cupcakes. OH, the shame. Canadians are generally thought to be such nice people and they are. 

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LSD II.

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Semper fi dude, you are melting!

"EXCLUSIVE: BOOT MARINES DIVULGE ILLICIT DETAILS OF BATTALION-WIDE LSD TRIP"

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL DURING A BATTALION LEVEL FIELD EXERCISE THEIR DRINKING WATER SPIKED WITH THE HALLUCINOGENCE DRUG LSD!!

"Marine officials have denied that the events Leary and Fitzgerald allege ever took place, and the two Marines, who happen to be the most junior members of the battalion, claim they’ve been made to take the fall for whoever spiked the battalion’s water supply with the drug that day."

American Marines battalion while on field exercise their drinking water spiked with LSD. Evidently done knowingly and maliciously so. A serious crime! That entire battalion rendered ineffective. 

"spiked: 5. Informal a. To add alcoholic liquor to: spiked the punch with rum. b. To add a poison or other chemical to: a drink spiked with barbiturates."

DEVOTED READERS TO THE BLOG READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE. ESPECIALLY THE EDITOR'S NOTE IN CONCLUSION. 

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LSD I.

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Experimentation British style. From a number of decades ago but still relevant.

Once more thanks for the tip the "Coffee or Die" webzine and the article by Matt Fratus.

"WATCH: BRITISH ROYAL MARINE COMMANDOS LAUGHING ON LSD DURING A TOTALLY SERIOUS MILITARY EXERCISE"

"The British Royal Marines that made up the 41 Royal Marine Commando unit were battle-hardened warriors . . . There was simply no opponent that was tough enough or smart enough to outwit these badass commandos. Unless, of course, their enemy secretly infused their water bottles with LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), the psychedelic drug."

Just about the best light-infantry in the world reduced to level of children and done so with a medical experiment [surreptitious infusion of drugs in the drinking water] for which informed consent was not received or even asked for. I imagine this "experiment" possibly legal within the context of "medical care or treatment" if understood in a very broad and general sense. Royal Marines too their confidence in leadership diminished?

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Berserk

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The mind benders! To war with drugs. And they work!

Thanks to the Daily Mail English tabloid and the tip from Mike devoted readers are strongly encouraged to read the entire article.

"Rampaging Vikings were fuelled by hallucinogenic herbal tea that made them feel less pain and become 'highly aggressive' say scientists"

   * Berserkers.
   * Rampaging elite.
   * Mind-bending.
   * Stinking henbane.

"ber•serk:  Destructively or frenetically violent. Mentally or emotionally upset; deranged. Unrestrained, as with enthusiasm or appetite; wild."

Viking commando units from the times of the Middle Ages warriors drugged with substances to create a frenzied and uncontrollable rage during periods of battle. Fighting men best described in modern terms as shock troops Almost impossible to stop in combat, relatively impervious to pain and injury, deadly to the opponent in the extreme

The use of "substances" to create an enhanced combat ability hardly confined to the Viking of the Middle Ages. The Zulu also had advanced and very sophisticated pharmacology useful during a time of war and battle. Commando units of the Zulu also making liberal usage of "substances" to enhance battlefield performance.

"Shooting Up: A History of Drugs in Warfare" by Lukasz Kamie'nski

"Members of the special commandoes [Zulu], whose task was to breach the enemy lines to enable the regular troops to flow and carry out a rapid encircling maneuver called 'the horns of the bull', received a special drug that both  sharpened their senses particularly sight and hearing and enhanced concentration and alertness. They were probably given, though here we can only speculate, Amanita muscaria because the fungus occurs in Africa . . . the shaman doctors [inyanga] also had at their disposal a special remedy for the wounded . . . a potent painkiller and hallucinogenic"

"The Zulus fought with fanaticism, dedication, and fury. Armed by and fortified by their shaman doctors [inyanga] with potent intoxicants, they were into battle utterly without fear . . . Even when injured they did not stop fighting because their bodies were rendered insensitive to pain the through the use of powerful anesthetizing plant remedies."

One pill makes you happy. One pill makes you small. And the one the inyanga gives you does make you feel as if you are ten feet tall!

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Unpredictable.

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Hidden agenda?

DARPA = Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. USA.

From the Internet web site of Soren Dreier and thanks to the tip from Jay.

"DARPA Wants to Remove Hallucinatory 'Side Effects' from Psychedelic Medicines"

"A newly announced research program from DARPA is looking to remove those pesky hallucinatory side effects from novel psychedelic medicines such as MDMA and psilocybin. The program is currently calling out for research proposals investigating innovative drug treatments targeting post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD] and depression that can be administered without the 'unpredictable consequences' of current psychedelic medicines."

Drugs as used to treat depression and PTSD in soldiers? That is what this is about?

A hidden agenda does exist here? I am thinking what is euphemistically referred to as the INTERROGATION PROBLEM! [often called MK ULTRA by conspiracy theorists]

That INTERROGATION PROBLEM consisting of: 1. How to get a person while captive to talk when they do not want to talk. 2. How to know the captive is telling the truth when talking.

Decades ago psychedelic drugs such as LSD tested on unwitting subjects and found to be unreliable and unpredictable.

This "research study" has a two-fold purpose? One-above board, overt with good intentions and the other not spoken about in polite company?

Slip me a tab dude! Did you know you're melting?

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Blow.

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Naval matters American and English both. And neither for the best.

Yet more from WIZARD through Harry at Sharkhunters:

1. REPAIRS! "Poor fire safety practices in the yard are putting at risk the two-year, $523-million effort to repair the USS FITZGERALD, a guided-missile destroyer heavily damaged in a 2017 collision."

MERELY TO REPAIR A DAMAGED WARSHIP A HALF BILLION DOLLAR REPAIR PROJECT.

2. "SNOWING in the Royal Navy [RN] - Once again!"  "Three sailors aboard a Royal Navy submarine HMS VENGEANCE carrying 16 nuclear missiles have been caught taking cocaine, 2d June."

See previous blog entry RN sailors manning a Trident missile firing nuclear submarine their use of illegal drugs unmasked.

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From the  Russian controlled [?] media Sputnik the type of item as favored by the Russian. Make the American military look bad.

"US Military Personnel Heaviest Drinkers By Profession - Study"

"A new study using data from nearly 27,000 professionals across 25 industries has concluded that members of the US armed forces drink most often and most heavily over the course of a year."

"The study, conducted by Delphi Behavioral Health Group using data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), also found that the number of alcohol consumers in the US armed forces has been rising steadily since 2014."

"Employees of the armed forces spent the most days engaging in binge-drinking, the researchers found."

The study was limited in scope due to the low number of armed forces members that reported on their drinking habits. Out of a total of 26,743 people whose responses were surveyed for the study, only 81 were in the armed forces at the time of the survey.

POPULATION FOR THE STUDY NOT INCLUDING A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF MILITARY PERSONNEL TO MAKE REASONABLE STATISTICAL INFERENCES.

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