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Next up: U.S. Military cocaine dealers earn $100M a year from service members.

I was gonna write more, but I fear I might be giving readers ideas and honestly no military needs any more ideas on how to monetize their soldiers.

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The military has traditionally been kind enough to give stimulants to servicemen for free. Cocaine until between the World Wars, amphetamines got phased out in the past few decades, and now mostly modafinil.

A lot of alcohol before.

As a serviceman I've never heard of this. Do Rip Its count?

Stimulants are often given to pilots or people on Special Forces missions to prevent fatigue. It's not a hidden thing, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_psychoactive_drugs_use... for some details. Historically, the use was far more common.

Traditional ≠ special forces

I don't have any idea what you're trying to say here. The US military still gives out stimulants to servicemen, though far fewer of them receive safer drugs than in the past.

I'm only at odds with the words "traditional" and "often". I'm a serviceman and I haven't heard of it. Were you a pilot?

I'm also saying that special forces aren't exactly traditional. Would you say that the military traditionally sports beards and ballcaps because SF do?

The practice is traditional, and it's still done with pilots and special forces. I don't know why you haven't heard about it, the use is well documented.

NO-Explode & Rip Fuel.

Not provided by the service, though.

I almost died from a RipIt overdose.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_involvement_in_Contra_coca...

That's just Fort Bragg.

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