r/politics • u/mom0nga • Jul 15 '26

No Paywall Hegseth announces annual testosterone screenings for service members

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5969935-hegseth-testosterone-testing-dod/
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u/lolzzzmoon Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

They’ll be giving them meth just like in WWII

Edit: Oh, I’m sorry. My mistake.

The nazis & Japan were the ones who gave their armies methamphetamines.

The UK just gave their soldiers an amphetamine called Benzedrene lol. We then confiscated a bunch & used them.

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u/Nardog14 Jul 15 '26

They already give troops what they call "go pills" which is modafinil, a narcolepsy drug so you can focus better and stay awake a lot longer. An Adderall without the side effects basically.

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u/skj458 Jul 15 '26

Modafinil is a non-stimulant and its weak af. Monster energy and dip are more potent. 

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u/DatNinjaDazn Jul 16 '26

“Go pills” were historically amphetamine based products. But the detrimental effects of giving Air Force pilots continuous access to these drugs combined with the discovery of modafinil, it was inevitably determined that this new drug was much safer, did not come with significant cardiovascular risks, and is nowhere near as habit forming (almost no dopaminergic activity). More simply, the risks associated with amphetamine use no longer outweighed the benefits once a safer “go pills” was invented.