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  2. List of psychoactive drugs used by militaries - Wikipedia

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    In the United States military, modafinil has been approved for use on certain Air Force missions, and it is being investigated for other uses. [19] As of November 2012, modafinil is the only drug approved by the Air Force as a "go pill" for fatigue management. [20] The use of dextroamphetamine (a.k.a., Dexedrine) is no longer approved. [20] Yes ...

  3. Moscow hostage crisis chemical agent - Wikipedia

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    The Russian media reported the drug was Kolokol-1, either mefentanyl or α-methylfentanil dissolved in a halothane base. It was reported that efforts to treat victims were complicated because the Russian government refused to inform doctors what type of gas had been used.

  4. Use of drugs in warfare - Wikipedia

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    Military use has contributed to the rise of caffeine as the world's most popular drug. During the American Civil War , each Union troop received a coffee ration of 36 lb (16 kg) annually. World War I saw the dramatic rise of instant coffee : by the end of the conflict, daily production was 42,500 lb (19,300 kg), a 3,000% increase from pre-war ...

  5. List of Russian drugs - Wikipedia

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    This page is a list of Russian drugs, or drugs that were developed in Russia, the former Soviet Union, and/or post-Soviet countries.. Many Russian drugs are indicated for enhancing physical, mental, and/or cognitive performance, including drugs described as nootropics or cognitive enhancers, drugs combatting fatigue, so-called adaptogens or actoprotectors, and others.

  6. U.S. national arrested in Russia on drug trafficking charges

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    In 2020, Woodland said in an interview with the Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda that he was born in 1991 in Russia's Perm region and was adopted by U.S. parents who had to pay $10,000 to do so.

  7. Kolokol-1 - Wikipedia

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    Kolokol-1 is thought to be the chemical agent employed by a Russian Spetsnaz team during the Moscow theater hostage crisis in October 2002. At least 129 hostages died during the ensuing raid; nearly all of these fatalities were attributed to the effects of the aerosolised incapacitating agent that was pumped into the theatre to subdue the militants.

  8. Assad makes first public statement after Syria ouster. What ...

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    Assad said he went to the Russian military base in Latakia province to "oversee combat operations." When he got there, Syrian troops were fleeing the area. Assad was in power for 24 years.

  9. Two more Russian officials arrested in widening military ...

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    (Reuters) -Russia has arrested two more top figures - the deputy head of the army's General Staff and a senior procurement official at the defence ministry - in a widening bribery scandal ...