Pentagon, Big Pharma: Drug Troops to Numb Them to Horrors of War

Pentagon, Big Pharma: Drug Troops to Numb Them to Horrors of War

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The Psychological Kevlar Act "directs the secretary of defense to develop and implement a plan to incorporate preventive and early-intervention measures, practices or procedures that reduce the likelihood that personnel in combat will develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other stress-related psychopathologies, including substance use conditions. (Kevlar, a DuPont fiber, is an essential component of U.S. military helmets and bullet-proof vests advertised to be "five times stronger than steel.") The stated purpose of this legislation is to make American soldiers less vulnerable to the combat stressors that so often result in psychic injuries.

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The only thing missing from the distopian Sci-Fi world we live in was drugged out Super soldiers incapable of feeling pain or emotion while on the battlefield. All in the name of protecting our troops..

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[edit on 12-1-2008 by Tinhatman]