Originally Posted by
caloso
Fun fact: meldonium was given to Soviet troops in Afghanistan to enhance their stamina.
I think that the amphetamine that Abdujaporov got popped using was used by Soviet pilots to stay awake, or something like that.
In line with the whole doping thing I used to say that if I was a general I'd want my guys to dope, if it meant they could do a better job. It's a tough balance, living/surviving aka winning the battle, versus being clean/er and dead. But then there's the "what if you win the battle/war and then die because of the dope?". So now I'm ambivalent. However, if it's war, and if it's about killing or getting killed, I think that a doped soldier that performs better is not a bad thing.