Drugs in the Third Reich

[leblon]

Недавно слышал по радио интервью с автором книги Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich. Кроме сравнительно хорошо известных фактов (широкое использование Вермахтом метамфетаминов, в т.ч. при молниеносном вторжении в Бельгию и Фрацию в 1940 году), рассказывается о том, что последние месяцы войны (после покушения) Гитлер плотно сидел на наркотиках, в т.ч. на кокаине и оксикодоне. В это время генералы пытались убедить его, что война проиграна, и что лучше всего стянуть войска в Германию и принять оборонотельную позицию. Но он их каждый раз переубеждал и заражал своим непонятно откуда берущимся оптимизом. "Казалось бы, бред. Но ведь это фюрер. Наверное, он знает что-то секретное, неизвестное нам," - думали генералы. Ничего не напоминает?

А потом зимой 1944-1945 года кончился оксикодон. И Гитлер превратился в развалину с дрожащими руками (см. фильм The Downfall). 

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[rrr2.livejournal.com]

Вряд ли им бы помогла оборонительная позиция выстоять и затянут войну на годы. Зато Гитлер имел все шансы лично убедиться в своих ошибках недофинансирования ядерного проекта.

[n0-spam.livejournal.com]

На амазоне один из отзывов:

The other half of the book is about "Patient A," aka Adolf Hitler. In recent years, historians have debunked the old idea that his doctor was keeping Hitler doped up on a variety of noxious substances, especially narcotics. See the excellent book Was Hitler Ill, by Eberle and Neumann.Was Hitler ILL?: A Final Diagnosis But Ohler goes back to the old view, imagining Dr. Morell giving him almost daily injections of Eukodal (an opioid similar to todays Oxycontin). The evidence for this is dubious at best, based on often illegible records, which often refer to injections of "x" which Ohler thinks was Eukodal. And Ohler claims that Hitler's decline in 1945 was due to the Eukodal supply running out on January 2 of that year, resulting in withdrawal symptoms. This seems scarcely credible. Yes, the German pharmaceutical industry was in bad shape, but when Göring was captured he had a supply of 24,000 doses of opioids, and it's hard to believe that the Fuhrer himself would have been reduced to cold turkey withdrawal.

[tijd.livejournal.com]

Из старого сообщения в Gawker:

Rumors of Trump’s predilection for stimulants first started really popping up in 1992, when Spy magazine wrote, “Have you ever wondered why Donald Trump has acted so erratically at times, full of manic energy, paranoid, garrulous? Well, he was a patient of Dr. [Joseph] Greenberg’s from 1982 to 1985.” At the time, Dr. Greenberg was notorious for allegedly doling out prescription stimulants to anyone who could pay.
In 1993, Harry Hurt’s unauthorized biography on Trump, Lost Tycoon, corroborated the rumors and went one step further:
"The diet drugs, which [Trump] took in pill form, not only curbed his appetite but gave him a feeling of euphoria and unlimited energy. The medical literature warned that some potentially dangerous side effects could result from long-term usage; they included anxiety, insomnia, and delusions of grandeur. According to several Trump Organization insiders, Donald exhibited all these ominous symptoms of diet drug usage, and then some."