Why did so many soldiers after the civil war become addicted to opiates ? Please offer a minimum of two examples.

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kvv77 [185]3 years ago

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So many soldiers after the civil war become addicted to opiates because of the dangerous medical practices of Civil War military physicians that exposed soldiers to addictive opiates during and after the war. During the war, soldiers, who were wounded during combat or became sick in camp, were first dosed with opium or morphine in field hospitals during the war. Many came home struggling with addiction to narcotics, first tasted in a hospital. After the war, many soldiers also turned to drugs to cope with the devastating loss of a beloved ones.

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