How Did Drugs Affect The Soldiers In Vietnam

How did the drugs affect the soldiers in the VietNam War?

The drugs affected the Vietnam war in many different ways, and in some ways, they might have been a necessity to these soldiers as it was a way to keep them from going over the tipping point and these drugs might have just kept them sane. Although these drugs can have a massive pleasurable effect on the soldiers, these drugs caused the soldiers to have major withdrawal symptoms after the war and these men were not able to live life happily after the war as their bodies could no longer function without the drugs. These drugs were also very easy to come by in the war rangin from people selling them on the side of the street and getting them from the army themselves.The drugs also had

These drugs were there for multiple purposes in the Vietnam war with both positive and negative side effects for soldiers. These drugs affected these soldiers in the war both mentally and physically. These drugs did help the soldiers by numbing their mind and helping them get through each day and to keep moving forward even when the unimaginable happened. But these drugs would also have negative side effects to the mind and this would mean that the soldiers would feel maybe even more depressed and unhappy once they came down off their high which would mean that they would become more addicted to the drugs because they keep wanting to be on that high. There was also a very high number of drugs in the war as well and they were relatively easy to come by. Most of the drugs that the soldiers could get there hands on either came from the army themselves or were sold by the locals for a really cheap price. These did not help to the addiction problems of the soldiers. Physical effects were a serious problem for the soldiers too as these were a major problem once the soldiers began to return home and had tried to rebegin their normal lives but also could have wonderful short-term effects. When the soldiers returned home their physical appearance was starting to be troubled by the drug that they used. These were problems with the respiratory system, liver and can cause severe constipation and many other problems. In the short-term, however, some of these drugs will flood the brain with dopamine and create a wonderful and pleasurable feeling for the mind and again creating addiction as the brain is wired to seek out pleasure and some of these drugs will provide that. So in conclusion the drugs were quite valuable to the war and in some cases were definitely a necessity in the war but maybe could be better engineered to resolve the problems once they return