Analysis of drug use among Vietnam veterans (N = 105) and a comparison group of non-Vietnam veterans (N = 2,966), included in a 1975 national survey, was used to test two hypotheses. The first was that Vietnam veterans would have higher levels of current drug abuse involvement. The ...
In 2013, Vietnam veteran Zion Yisrael was told he had five years to live. He has stage 4 liver disease, caused by hepatitis C -- which has infected as many as 230,000 veterans. Most veterans contracted it in Vietnam where it was spread by battlefield blood transfusions and vaccinations...
Bergenstrom A, Quan VM, Van Nam L, et al. A cross-sectional study on prevalence of non-fatal drug overdose and associated risk characteristics among out-of-treatment injecting drug users in North Vietnam. Subst Use Misuse. 2008;43(1):73-84. doi:10.1080/10826080701205109...
Twenty-five year mortality of US servicemen deployed in Vietnam: predictive utility of early drug use Large numbers of young men were exposed to high-quality opiates for a relatively short time period during military service in Vietnam. This study examined ... RK Price,NK Risk,KS Murray,.....
While I think we can all agree that war on drugs was a spectacular failure, or at least, unless you’re on the side of the drugs, to her credit, Nancy Reagan spent her time in public life raising funds for wounded and returned Vietnam veterans as First Lady of California. She also ...
Similarly, the US army in the Vietnam war (or the"first pharmacological war") took unprecedented amounts of the amphetamine Dexedrine ("pep pills"). There were army instructions to take 20mg for 48 hours of combat readiness, but veterans report taking thedrug"like candy." ...
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The analysis of the history of drug use and the example of Vietnam veterans and the way they dealt with opiate use show the wide variability and differences in social constructions of drug use. Current disease conceptions as well as the model of accepting drug work are explicated and their ...
Vietnam veterans' rapid recovery from heroin addiction: a fluke or normal expectation? Addiction 88: 1041–1054. Robins LN, Helzer JE, Davis DH (1975). Narcotic use in Southeast Asia and afterward: an Interview Study of 898 Vietnam Returnees. Arch Gen Psychiatry 32: 955–961. Schoenbaum G...
Opium is extracted from the poppy plant and is often used in conjunction with other drugs, like marijuana and methadone. Use of the drug causes a euphoric rush, relaxation, and pain relief, however taking too much can lead to slowed breathing, seizures, coma, and death. ...