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Originally Posted by woj
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...
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The Russian soldier that returned from Afghanistan had this problem. I was living with a Russian immigrant girlfriend in the early 90s -- this is where I got this info she claimed this had a very large effect on the old Soviet Union's demise -- the USSR rotted from within. It is very possible that the returning US GI has similar issues ... Opiate addiction or abuse ...