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Part Two: Hitler's Drug Problem

Behind the Bastards

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Hitler's a Lot More Pleasant When He's Doped Up

Oler: Morrell kept injecting the leader, sometimes he would mix stimulants earlier in the day with opiates later in the day to calm him down. "From this point forward, Hitler was more or less constantly on something," Oler says. In his last meeting with Mussolini, a US Secret Service report noted that Hitler spoke for three hours without a break. 'The dejected duche was effectively talked into the ground by the artificially peped up fuhrer'

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