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Irregular Army: The rise of alcoholism and drug abuse in the US military
The twin vices of drug addiction and alcoholism were rampant in the U.S. military during the Vietnam war and through movies like Apocalypse Now and Platoon became the emblematic image of the armed forces during that war. But figures shows that by the end 2005, of the 104,000 who had sought medical help after serving in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 32,010 were suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, drug addiction or alcoholism. Proportionally, that’s three times as many as those who returned from Vietnam
The British governments refusal to downgrade ecstasy is hypocritical electioneering
New Labour’s refusal to heed the advice of their drug adviser and downgrade ecstacy from Class A to Class B shows its unwillingness to look at any policies that might endanger their election bid.
How do you know Mexico is in a ditch? Just read today’s paper
Perusing Mexico’s daily newspapers demonstrates what dire straits the country is in. People are being killed every day as the ‘war on drugs’ lurches from failure to failure.