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By Dessa K. Bergen-Cico

conflict and medicine explores the connection among army incursions and substance use and abuse all through heritage. for hundreds of years, medicinal drugs were used to weaken enemies, stimulate troops to struggle, and quell post-war trauma. they've got additionally served as a resource of investment for clandestine army and paramilitary task. as well as delivering special geopolitical views, this e-book explores the intergenerational trauma that follows army clash and the emerging tide of substance abuse between veterans, particularly from the Vietnam and Iraq-Afghan eras. dependancy expert Bergen-Cico increases vital questions on the prior and demanding situations us to contemplate new ways sooner or later to this longest folks wars.

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