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Thursday, April 21, 2022
Tripping on METH in the Army (video)
ASAE; Qxir; Yarnhub; Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Soldier overdoses on meth, has crazy adventure
(Qxir) Tales from the Bottle: Some took more drugs during history's deadliest conflict than others. (Wiki) Private Aimo Koivunen was assigned to a ski patrol on April 20, 1944, along with several other soldiers. Three days into their mission, on March 18th, the group was attacked and surrounded by Soviet forces, from which they managed to escape. Koivunen became fatigued after skiing for a long distance but could not stop or he would be killed. He was also the sole carrier of Army-issued "Pervitin" (Nazi German methamphetamine), a stimulant used to remain awake while on duty. Koivunen had trouble pulling out a single pill, so he emptied the entire bottle of thirty capsules into his hand and took them all.
He began tripping balls with a short burst of energy that turned into a state of delirium and lost consciousness. More
Finnish soldier gets high on methamphetamine and becomes unstoppable (A Space Alien Explains, 2/24/20) The amazingly wild tale of Aimo Koivunen, a Finnish soldier who dodged the Soviets using only his skis and a bottle of German pharmaceutical meth called Pervitin. Fanart by SaltyySythe.
The amazing story may be easier to understand and visualize if it is animated. His heart would have exploded on 30x too much of the deadly drug, but he was young and in shape.
Note that now there are two kinds of meth, a new "bad one" and an older "less bad one." The former drives abusers to self-destruction, whereas the latter seems to be sustainable, slowly ruining a life over the long run. AirTalk (11/4/21) had journalist Sam Quinones (author of Dreamland, 5/4/15) on to talk about the startling differences. Avoid altogether or choose wisely.
(Yarnhub, March 4th, 2022) Aimo Koivonen was a soldier in the Finnish Army. While on patrol he and his company were being tracked by Soviet soldiers. In desperation he took Pervitin, a Nazi German "wonder drug" to increase endurance and performance. But taking too much, he was abandoned by his comrades due to his erratic behavior and had a two-week "trip." Hallucinating and skiing all the time, he was eventually found weighing only 90 lbs (43 kg) with a heart rate of 200 BPM.
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