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 Today's episode is about the greatest meth binge in history, and what led to the circumstances that allowed it to happen. We hope you like it! Also, we promise the audio and editing quality will get better, we're just new to it. :)

Please join us on a fun and sometimes horrifying historical journey! New episodes drop every other Monday.

Sources for today's episode:

Ohler, Norman, and Whiteside. Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.

Scan from Finnish Magazine Article About Aimo  Koivunen: http://kansataisteli.sshs.fi/Tekstit/1978/Kansa_Taisteli_04_1978.pdf

Moukheiber, Zina. “Merck Cocaine: Behind Some of Those Fabulous Rolling Stones Songs.” Forbes, 24 Dec. 2010, https://www.forbes.com/sites/zinamoukheiber/2010/12/24/merck-cocaine-behind-some-of-those-fabulous-rolling-stones-songs/?sh=72ecdd223296

Montanari, Giulia. “The Crazy Crystal Meth Adventure of a Finnish Soldier.” Medium, 8 Aug. 2022, https://medium.com/exploring-history/the-crazy-crystal-meth-adventure-of-a-finnish-soldier-1cae54a1238f

The scientist who first synthesized amphetamine: Lazar Edeleanu
(We are super sorry for all of the name butchering, we'll get better)

Substanční závislost je jedno z nejtěžších psychických onemocnění. Čím déle trvá, tím menší je pravděpodobnost, že nad ním člověk zvítězí. Zároveň, s postupujícím časem dochází k masivnějším negativním dopadům na psychické i somatické zdraví člověka a k stále větším, mnohdy nevratným, zásahům do jeho soukromého a pracovního života. Jde se dostat ze spárů závislosti na alkoholu, marihuaně, kokainu, pervitinu a jiných návykových látek? Co k tomu je potřeba a co tahle cesta obnáší? O tom všem je další díl našeho podcastu.

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From the Assassins and Berserkers and on to the Zulus, narcotics have played a key part in warfare.  By the Twentieth Century, aggression-fuelling drugs were replaced by those improving alertness and stamina and amphetamines were widely utilised throughout the conflict by Allied and Axis armies alike.  Indeed, Hitler was hooked on them.  Later, it was recreational drugs that took such a toll on morale and capabilities in theatres such as Vietnam.

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