A fog of drugs and war

**Tom Smith** · 04-09-2012

For Army troops, prescription drugs may add to fog of war - latimes.com

More than 110,000 active-duty Army troops last year took antidepressants, sedatives and other prescription medications. Some see a link to aberrant behavior.

Wiki says we only have 561,984 active Army troops.

**Linda Kelso** · 04-09-2012

I believe we also need to factor in a couple of things. Part of it has to do with how accustomed they are to the drugs and if they're getting "heavier" prescriptions over time.

I've seen ads on television for the need for medical personnel for the VA hospitals/facilities around the country. The VA will accept any states' medical license (as in M.D. or maybe other medical personnel) wherever that VA hospital that is. I think that's strange. If someone in Washington state has to sit for licensing for another state, why shouldn't the same occur for the VA? Is it only because it's a government entity and they're in need? I think the VA should be closer looked at with medicines, etc.

Also, some people have been traumatized so heavily with several combat tours or have been grievously wounded.

I wish I could get some analyses on some of these people.

**Astragoth** · 04-09-2012

Wow. That goes a long way in explaining some of the incidents we've heard about doesn't it?
100,000 + soldiers doped up on anti depressants? No wonder they don't want these people
to come home!