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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-army-medication-20120408,0,1291311.story

SEATTLE — U.S. Air Force pilot Patrick Burke's day started in the cockpit of a B-1 bomber near the Persian Gulf and proceeded across nine time zones as he ferried the aircraft home to South Dakota.

Every four hours during the 19-hour flight, Burke swallowed a tablet of Dexedrine, the prescribed amphetamine known as "go pills." After landing, he went out for dinner and drinks with a fellow crewman. They were driving back to Ellsworth Air Force Base when Burke began striking his friend in the head.

"Jack Bauer told me this was going to happen — you guys are trying to kidnap me!" he yelled, as if he were a character in the TV show "24."

When the woman giving them a lift pulled the car over, Burke leaped on her and wrestled her to the ground. "Me and my platoon are looking for terrorists," he told her before grabbing her keys, driving away and crashing into a guardrail.

Burke was charged with auto theft, drunk driving and two counts of assault. But in October, a court-martial judge found the young lieutenant not guilty "by reason of lack of mental responsibility" — the almost unprecedented equivalent, at least in modern-day military courts, of an insanity acquittal.

Four military psychiatrists concluded that Burke suffered from "polysubstance-induced delirium" brought on by alcohol, lack of sleep and the 40 milligrams of Dexedrine he was issued by the Air Force.

In a small but growing number of cases across the nation, lawyers are blaming the U.S. military's heavy use of psychotropic drugs for their clients' aberrant behavior and related health problems. Such defenses have rarely gained traction in military or civilian courtrooms, but Burke's case provides the first important indication that military psychiatrists and court-martial judges are not blind to what can happen when troops go to work medicated.



I was part of the go-no-go program in the Navy and I had 2-3 day period where I blacked out. I was awake and up and had motor skills but my actions made no sense and I dont remember any of it. I only recall what people told me what I was doing after the fact.

 

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Yeah, him going nuts wasn't caused by the drugs.

All he took was adderall (literally, the drug cited is one of the four amphetamines that constitute adderall immediate release). Thousands and thousands of kids take this drug. You don't see reports of them going bat*@$& crazy.

Let's see what other factors may have played a role...
1. Sleep Deprivation
2. High Stress
3. PTSD

 

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Nailer2357 posted:
Yeah, him going nuts wasn't caused by the drugs.

All he took was adderall (literally, the drug cited is one of the four amphetamines that constitute adderall immediate release). Thousands and thousands of kids take this drug. You don't see reports of them going bat*@$& crazy.

Let's see what other factors may have played a role...
1. Sleep Deprivation
2. High Stress
3. PTSD



really what the article doesnt mention is these guys also have ambinen to take after debriefing/flight to go to bed.

ambinien by its self causes all kinds of weird issues, and who knows how it reacts when its mixed with go pills or other substances.

 

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Subject: Over 100k of active military members on some sort of mind fck drug.
Nailer2357 posted:
Yeah, him going nuts wasn't caused by the drugs.

All he took was adderall (literally, the drug cited is one of the four amphetamines that constitute adderall immediate release). Thousands and thousands of kids take this drug. You don't see reports of them going bat*@$& crazy.

Let's see what other factors may have played a role...
1. Sleep Deprivation
2. High Stress
3. PTSD


There are kids flipping out every single day because of the medications they're on, you just don't hear about it unless they murder multiple people. And you could apply those same 3 factors to just about any American with a job and bills. Hell, you could apply it to half of American children too, have you ever been to a public school?

 

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