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Originally Posted by aka123
"A study earlier this year found that almost half of the US soldiers who have recently returned from deployment in Afghanistan or Iraq have chronic pain, and 15 percent use opioid painkillers."
As I have been in army (not US), I know that service can be physically very demanding, but almost half having chronic pains and 15% using opioid painkillers seems like a lot. From where and why they get such pains? Physical activities? Or is it purely mental?
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It may have something to do with the fact that they got sent to a country where opium is cheap and popular... they liked it / got addicted to it... came home, and the only good way to get more is to pretend they have chronic pain...
Also, pretending you have chronic pain after military duty, is a pretty easy way to not work for the rest of their lives and/or to squeeze some easy $$ from the government...
