The United States has been fighting the war in Afghanistan for over 10 years now, and some soldiers have been deployed to a war zone for two, three, or even more times. Any reasonable person would think this is a prescription for disaster, and would result in mental problems for many soldiers -- and that is exactly what is happening.
According to the U.S. Army surgeon general, there are at least 110,000 active-duty soldiers that are currently on some fairly serious psychological medications -- antidepressants, narcotics, sedatives, antipsychotics, and anti-anxiety drugs. About 8% of active-duty soldiers are on sedatives and another 6% are taking antidepressants -- eight times as many as in 2005 (four years into the war).
Thanks George Bush & Dick Cheney....................
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