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wegqg t1_j2dactw wrote on December 31, 2022 at 11:44 AM

Reply to comment by zstandig in TIL John Steinbeck IV wrote an article in January 1968 about marijuana usage among the troops. This set off a media firestorm, & the Army began clamping down on marijuana usage, arresting ~1000 G.I.s a week for possession. Many G.I.s switched to heroin, which was odorless and thus harder to detect. by The_Critical_Cynic

Lol I love three things about this:

The navy knew men were drinking it and added poison to deter them.

The crews worked out various ingenious ways to remove the poison.

And that the article ends with the recipe!