The US Army apparently freely prescribes psychotropic drugs, sleeping pills and other medications to soldiers in the field, resulting in pharmaceutical addictions and disturbingly high suicide rates among veterans. One-third of the US Army is currently on at least one prescription drug many of which are psychiatric chemical treatments. This NaturalNews.com article from February examines a number of examples as well as the pervasiveness of pharmacological treatment for a host of problems facing these soldiers.
http://www.NaturalNews.com/031379_soldiers_psychiatric_drugs.html
An excellent and thorough NYT article on this topic:
For Some Troops, Powerful Drug Cocktails Have Deadly Results
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/us/13drugs.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha3
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