Context: nazi’s took meth, because the only thing possibly worse than a nazi is a methed up nazi.

  • Zozano@aussie.zone
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    “Noooo it wasn’t meth, it was a mild amphetamine stimulant, don’t talk about my heckin’ nazirino’s like that”

    Also Nazis:

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    Scho-Ka-Kola (Fliegerschokolade, pilot’s chocolate) still exists btw. Though that contains caffein instead of amphetamin.

    (But amphetamin nowadays is used for ADHD medication.)

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    Nazis you say? “After the shock of the 2002 Tarnak Farm incident, the Pentagon reassessed its ‘go pill’ policy. Maybe feeding a daily diet of meth to pilots flying $50 million fighter-bombers was a bad idea after all, they reasoned. Use of amphetamines was phased out in the early 2000s in favor of a new synthetic drug called Modafinil.” https://fherehab.com/learning/amphetamine-history

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      There’s a significant difference between amphetamines and methamphetamine.

      With meth, you’re effectively getting several times the dose you would of the same weight of amphetamines, because it enters the brain quicker and is more neurotoxic.

      The Allies used ‘go pills’ in WW2, primarily for airmen, but deliberately opted for amphetamines over methamphetamine precisely because meth was recognized as much more dangerous to both user and everyone around the user.

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      Prescriptions for Ritalin and Adderall for active-duty service members increased by nearly 1,000% in five years, rising from 3,000 to 32,000.