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11. L. A. Young, L. G. Young, M. M. Klein, and D. Beyer,
Recreational Drugs, New York: Berkeley Books, 1977.
12. Edward Brecher, Licit and Illicit Drugs, New York: Little,
Brown & Co., 1972, p. 189. In addition, with the current “zero
tolerance” of drug use and possession by the U.S. military
combined with more frequent deployment rotations, some troops
have resorted to unorthodox ways to achieve intoxication. There
have been episodes of troops using over-the-counter cough and
cold medications like Nyquil to get intoxicated.
13. John Mueller, Remnants of War, New York: Cornell
University Press, 2004, p. 86.
14. Robert MacCoun and Peter Reuter, Drug War Heresies,
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001, p. 85.
15. These descriptions do not match the clinical and
pharmacological descriptions of the physiological and
psychological effects of these drugs. For example, although
marijuana is clinically classified as a “depressant” and is used
by combatants to relax, it is also used as a stimulant in terms of
motivating an individual to engage in combat. The term “relaxant”
also refers to a combatant’s desire to find an escape rather than to
the strict physiological effects.
16. “Afghan Soldiers Report Getting Hashish Rations,” St.
Louis Dispatch, May 25, 1989, p. 18A.
17. Mueller, pp. 92-93.
18. Martin Booth, Opium: A History, New York: St. Martin’s
Griffin, 1996, p. 269.
19. Jean-Charles Brissard, Zarqawi: The New Face of al-Qaeda,
New York: Other Press, 2005, p. 49.
20. Martin Boas and Anne Hatloy, “Alcohol and Drug
Consumption in Post War Sierra Leone—An Exploration,” Oslo,
Norway: Institute for Applied International Studies, pp. 43-44.
21. Mueller, pp. 89-92.
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