As the use of methamphetamines spread throughout the civilian sphere of Germany, the military was taking notice of its possible uses in combat. One of the main proponents of methamphetamine use was Dr. Otto Ranke. At the age of thirty-eight, he was appointed to be the director of the Research Institute of Defence Physiology. Physiology was a relatively undervalued discipline during this era, but its use in warfare was expanding. Soldiers were starting to be seen as almost as advanced, sentient machines and it was Ranke’s job to keep the machines oiled and running good. His researched looked to get the most out of the men that made up the soldiers of the Nazi army. While doing this he came to the conclusion that becoming tired or spent was a major …show more content…
A senior lieutenant reported that after taking Pervitin he had, “no side effects, no headache, no roaring in the eras, intelect wide awake”. Soon thereafter, the Nazi Military bought 35 million tablets of Pervitin in 1940. To accompany the roll out of this state-sponsored drug program, a document was to be written and distributed laying out the stance on the use of Pervitin. The so-called stimulant decree was sent out to many troop doctors, leading medical officers and to the SS. The decree gave examples in the Polish campaign of times fatigue cost the Nazi army and how this was unacceptable. It also gave instructions on how to administer Pervitin and stated that any negative effects from the drug were far better than the negative effects of sleeping during military action. This decree was written by Ranke, who has developed a sort of dependency on Pervitin himself. This could be quite problematic as him and the other army physiologist were supposedly the ones in charge of regulating the use of the drug despite being commonly addicted to it. This decree is also marked the first time in history that an army would so heavily rely on a chemical
For many years, the world’s foremost studies of creatine and its effect on athletic performance were carried out in secrecy by communist Eastern-bloc countries. But after the fall of Communism, the training and experimental drugs used on Soviet and East German Olympic athletes was revealed. Aside from exposing the truth about illegal anabolic steroid use, there was the discovery of a "vitamin" called creatine, which was quickly introduced to the U.S. and marketed as an ergogenic, or energy-enhancing supplement.
Ordinary Men Christopher Browning describes how the Reserve Police Battalion 101, like the rest of German society, was immersed in a flood of racist and anti-Semitic propaganda. Browning describes how the Order Police provided indoctrination both in basic training and as an ongoing practice within each unit. Many of the members were not prepared for the killing of Jews. The author examines the reasons some of the police officers did not shoot. The physiological effect of isolation, rejection, and ostracism is examined in the context of being assigned to a foreign land with a hostile population.
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Credibility material: Its intake results in adverse medical conditions that are further exalted by its addiction properties that ensure a continued intake of the substance. The drug can be abused through multiple means and is medically recorded to produce short-term joy, energy , and other effects such as increased heart rate and blood pressure. This ultimately results in numerous psychiatric and social problems; factors that played a major role in its illegalization after multiple and widespread cases of its effects were reported in the country during the 1900s. In addition to this, the drug results in immediate euphoric effect, a property which the National Institute of Drug Abuse (2010) attributes to be the root cause for its increased po...
At first while I was looking through the list of book we can read for extra credit, the title caught my attention. “An Officer And A Junkie” by Michael Winder. I imagined it was going to be a story of two men; an officer and a junkie, and not of one guy who was an officer and a junkie. When I think of an officer the image that comes to mind is a strong man with high values and a tough outer appearance, but when I imagine a junkie it almost the complete opposite; a dirty skinny guy with no sense of values and a sick outer appearance that could never become an officer.
The purpose of methadone is to help clients control their urges for addiction and withdrawal symptoms for a better future. From listening to the charge nurse, there could actuality be a possibility to help patients who are addicted to opioids, manage their lives and create a better future without dependency or addiction. Many clients start off on the wrong foot, but through the help of the methadone clinic, many patients continue to live their lives to the fullest. Methadone management has helped many clients discover their purpose in society and to function adequately.
Methadone was first produced in the 1930’s to be a go to drug instead of morphine due to the high addiction rate morphine has. Over time Methadone has been used to help heroin addicts as well as opiate addicts. The purpose of this drug was to be a pain reliever and now is used to help wean and manage addiction. There are negative side effects to methadone as well but the most common side effect again is addiction. So is methadone just a different crutch? Firstly, I will discuss the history and origin of methadone. Secondly, I will discuss the doctor’s role in methadone maintenance treatment programs as well as the benefits of methadone maintenance. Lastly I will discuss the dangers of methadone.
Smoking DMT is a life changing event. Although it is highly illegal, it is also harmless and produced naturally within the brain. Sadly, many people have never even heard of DMT, and therefore may be highly uninformed of the drug, if they know anything about it at all. Also, due to it being illegal, it is very hard for research to be done on the drug. DMT is no ‘party drug’; it is absolutely not to be used simply for the purpose of ‘tripping out’. It is to be used for a spiritual experience, to become one with the universe, and truly find yourself.
“Meth, not even once” is a popular phrase that is associated with this drug. This drug has many known horrible effects associated with it, plus many effects more I am sure are going to be discovered over time. I am intending to cover the history, effects, the different categories of meth abuse, and the withdrawal effects of Methamphetamine in this paper, and what to do if you suspect someone you know is using meth.
A) Talks about how the military is not protected by ecstasy abuse. They may have a zero tolerance mentality about it but that still does not stop people from accessing it. The Navy found a medicine that makes hiding of having the trace of ecstasy on a person harder to hide. They found a better way to detect ecstasy with a certain drug exam that is ahead of technology. Instead if a normal test for amphetamines they found a new agent that can even trace the smallest amount of ecstasy on a person system. This medicine has been tested for the past two years and was tested again before they sent out the troops to go to Afghanistan. Ecstasy symptoms can be decreased facility to regulate sleep and emotions, as well as increase changes in hear attack, stroke and possibility of death. Hopefully this will shorten the amount of people using drugs like ecstasy in any military branch while on task.
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The immediate effects of methamphetamine use are a sudden onset of euphoria, increased attention, hypersexuality and an increase in energy. These effects last for several hours as the drug has a half-life that ranges from ten to twelve hours. [12] Acute use of methamphetamine results in minor damage to dopamine receptors and the proteins involved in dopamine related processes. One particular study showed that a single dose of methamphetamine (15 mg/kg) administered to male rats decreased DAT activity by 48% percent within the hour, yet after 24 hours DAT activity surged back to 112%. [17] This study showed that the effects of methamphetamine are reversible if used a few times.
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As the power of the Nazis rose, so did their desire to have a super human perception. Hitler portrayed himself as a tireless workaholic that only wanted German greatness. He built a society that excelled in athletics, academics, engineering, architecture, wholesomeness, virtuous, and above all, military might. However, Germany’s military was limited by the Treaty of Versailles, and had to build from and almost nonexistent force. Hitler needed an edge, and he found it in the form of performance enhancing drugs. And the drug of choice was pervitin, something available to the German public since the late 1930’s. Germans in all facets of life consumed drugs pervitin on a daily basis, it became the German wonder drug.