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CLASSIC: Is the Military on Drugs?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Alcoholism in the British Empire

Alcohol use was encouraged among british troops during the Napoleonic wars. Soldiers were known to spend a month's worth of wages on alcohol in one sitting. Officers clubs with their brandy and cigars is just part of the culturea, you know, both alln and off the battlefield.

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