| BgpOoGI2 |
06-27-2010 07:01 AM |
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I understand Bayer (or some german co) invented "speed" about a century ago and helped fuel the blitzkrieg.
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According to wiki the Japanese came up with it first. However:
One of the earliest uses of methamphetamine was during World War II when it was used by Allied and Axis forces.[7] The German military dispensed it under the trade name Pervitin. It was widely distributed across rank and division, from elite forces to tank crews and aircraft personnel, with many millions of tablets being distributed throughout the war.[8] From 1942 until his death in 1945, Adolf Hitler may have been given intravenous injections of methamphetamine by his personal physician Theodor Morell. It is possible that it was used to treat Hitler's speculated Parkinson's disease, or that his Parkinson-like symptoms that developed from 1940 onwards resulted from using methamphetamine.[9] |
