ISIS Fighters High On Drugs or Stimulants?

[WhatInThe]

Reports surfacing ISIS fighters might be high on the stimulant Captagon which a popular amphetamine in the Middle East.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...isis-fighters-kind-euphoria-article-1.2442319

There were also reports of drug paraphernalia found in the Paris terrorist's apartment but some say things like syringes could be used to make bombs.

 

[Shalimar]

Hmmmm. Like the stories of the Indian Thugees who used very potent hashish.

 

[WhatInThe]

It's been said Japanese Kamakazi pilots given cocaine or the German soldiers a version of meth in World War II. Many mass shooters said to have been on pyschotropic medication.

Besides the physical effects many say drugs lower inhibition which in turn would eliminate hesitation.

Side effects of amphetamine abuse can include changes in mental status and could cause hallucinations.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/225256-side-effects-of-amphetemines/

 

[SifuPhil]

I've never understood the connection between hash use and the Assassins. Hash, being a concentrated form of weed, has pretty much the same effects except more pronounced.

In other words, you get the munchies and lay around watching TV.

Hardly conducive for an assassin.

 

[Fern]

There is no doubt in my mind that Isis killers are high on drugs. One documentary with Isis 'members' I watched some months ago, made mention of the fact. Their barbarism comes from a deranged mind.
There has been some horrendous murders committed in this country, not that all murders aren't horrendous, the guilty party was high on methamphetamine which is well known for it's mind altering substance.
In WW2 amphetamine was widely used to help the soldiers 'keep going'.