Columbine,
I just retired from the US Army. There are many, many times where an anti-fatigue med like that would have been a godsend.
There is only one time in recent history I can think of when soldiers have been subject to an experimental treatment en masse, that is the anthrax vaccine. If you compared the reaction stats for the anthrax vaccine to reaction stats to any other vaccine, you'd likely have similar results, and the anthrax vaccine was/is experimental in that it hasn't been tested for the TYPE of anthrax the DoD is using it for. Veterinarians and others who are around animals that carry anthrax use the vaccine with no problem.
Soldiers returning addicted to drugs? I'm not going to say it doesn't happen, BUT.......any soldier testing positive for illegal drug use is given treatment for the addiction.
I know several soldiers who have been wounded in action, and none of them fit your description. Basically you're painting a far, far bleaker picture than what the reality is.
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