Friday, May 21, 2004

Drug Dealers

Sometimes they aren't street thugs, but instead, Army Brass. CNN reports on an anti-malarial drug called Lariam, which is used to treat strains of the disease which have become resistant to chloroquine.

Like they say in television ads, side effects can include: nausea, sleep disorders, nightmares or thoughts of suicide. Apparently, some soldiers have killed themselves and/or their spouses, and Lariam side effects cannot be ruled out as a possible cause.

Stranger still, is that the Pentagon prescribes Lariam for soldiers stationed in Iraq and Kuwait--in spite of the fact that malaria parasites in the region are confirmed to be NOT resistant to chloroquine, which presumably has less severe side effects.

Military Intelligence...

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