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129 points surprisetalk | 1 comments | 17 Nov 25 14:57 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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gnatman ◴[17 Nov 25 19:50 UTC] No.45957477[source]▶
Substituted amphetamines were already very popular in the 1950s.
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thatoneguy ◴[17 Nov 25 20:27 UTC] No.45957901[source]▶
Methamphetamine was invented in Germany in 1937 and the German military at the time was very quick to adopt its use.
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ux266478 ◴[17 Nov 25 22:51 UTC] No.45959337[source]▶
Everybody who could afford it adopted psychostimulants in WW2. Go pills have been part and parcel since then. Some countries have adopted modafinil, but the US still uses amphetamine.
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1. consumer451 ◴[17 Nov 25 22:54 UTC] No.45959361{3}[source]▶
I am not sure if that's still the case, but "go pills," Dexedrine, were certainly used in Afghanistan. Here was a horrible potential side-effect:

https://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/friendlyfire/gopills.htm...