How did nazis manage to use meth for productivity?

Seriously, how do you get iced out and instead of chasing hookers, start a World War?

They must have written more history in few years time than any other nation in centuries... I must be missing something, please enlighten me. Because if I could use meth in such fashion, I'd be golden.

I'd be willing to pay for good advice, because not using meth doesn't seem like an option anymore...

Thank you


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[17 Points] Thoughtsofamaniac:

It was in the method they were taking it, and it was also pharmaceutical grade rather than the shake and bake shit that most people are familiar with today. Meth can increase a users aggressive tendencies, make one feel fearless, and obviously can negate the effects of fatigue. Psychologically speaking it would also increase their likelihood of following orders blindly by the people handing them the "wonder drug", because by disobeying orders or doing other shit they may lose out on the hand that's feeding them meth. These are all traits I wouldn't mind having in my troops if I were a maniac building an army.


[12 Points] LsdTripping:

/s?


[9 Points] Hxcjhchcvcchhvdd:

Your real question is how many Nazis managed to use meth for productivity.

Answer is 30 million.


[5 Points] None:

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[6 Points] Billy3the_Mountain:

All the German/Nazi armed forces distributed what we'd recognize today as being Ritalin. Or an earlier version of it. I believe their Army (Wehrmacht) distributed "Pervitin" (yeah, perv-ah-tan) though you'd think the SS/SA would have wanted that brand name. They could also have done something with Earnst Rhom's name, like Rhomatoids, but then Hitler killed him in 34 and pretended there were no gay stormtroopers. Right. They were synonymous until then! The Luftwaffe, Navy and tank battalions all had designer labels for their meth - or just distributed Pervvytin. And yes, German troops used it a lot. It must have been a bitch at Stalingrad when the go-fast ran out.

The US, along with most industrial armies had similar pills, especially for pilots and airmen. In the 50's there was still ample supplies of 'white crosses', 'bennies', 'greenies' and what-not to help with motivation, not only on the battlefield but also in sports. Jim Bouton's "Ball Four" mentions baseball teams in 1969 regularly using 'greenies.' He says some players couldn't function before a few in the morning. So that stuff's been around and not very demonized until the last few decades when kids started getting Ritalin scripts.

Hitler was certainly on meth the last few years of the war, along with varying amounts of opiates and who knows what else from his personal doctor, who wrote that "Hitler was the healthiest person ever elected fuhrer." Whether Adolph regularly took it before the war isn't known, but he ran in circles that had connections. Goering was addicted to opiates as a result of pain from a WW1 injury. He designed his own uniforms. The rest of the Nazi leadership may have been high, also. At any rate, Wehrmacht generals and Navy admirals managed to look pretty coherent much of the time despite having to follow orders and policies of high-ass motherfuckers.

To answer your question (sorry) - with meth, as with a lot of substances, less is more. Ritalin, for instance, improves your mood and helps you to concentrate and “get into” tasks. IV shots will turn you into a psycho. Sticking to ADHD meds dosing can help you graduate. Smoking crystal and such causes you to drop out while spending weeks trying to faithfully re-create the JFK assassination using RC models built in your shack out at the Salton Sea.


[2 Points] whoiiinvitedthisguy:

They were mostly probgay


[2 Points] MollieIsYourFriend:

<Says to no one in particular. Don't make me bump a line and get all...."Blitzkrieg" on your ASS!


[1 Points] Selectivescammer1:

The meth was called 'Pep Pills' back then, so they would just pop a pill mostly just to battle fatigue


[1 Points] sunchip14:

because it was pure 100% pure ass meth and state sponsored killing and blowing shit up was probably fun on meth


[1 Points] bobkabobabob:

They were taking d-meth and it was orally. When I take 10-20mg oral d-meth, all I do is read books and study for 8 hours.


[-1 Points] None:

I thought it was the Japanese that created meth and the nazis created methadone because of a morphine shortage.

Pretty much two of the most innovative cultures on the planet.

Let me know when black people invent something useful.


[-3 Points] marko9173:

hungry, unemployed, and uneducated masses, bombarded by propaganda, with a choice of either serving the regime or dying, getting meth in their food without knowing. That's how.