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i've been wondering about the availability of tobacco during T2K and while considering this it made me think of other things how easy would it be for characters to procure access to certain drugs and how from a GM perspective to handle their use. examples such as:
1. while combat was at its heaviest i can see some support elements taking speed in various forms to keep up with the pace of their operations(this is based off of how during the surge in OIF several motorpool's would often pop hot for speed and meth and this excuse was cited to get the soldiers off with a summary article 15)
2. the VA and other institutions have been experimenting with various drugs including but not limited to marijuana and LSD to treat PTSD i can imagine several soldiers self medicating even if it doesn't actually work
3. the recreational drug users people who were drafted while addicted to such substances or who picked up the habit while serving
4. actual honest medical purposes as regular medical supplies dwindled some medics may make do with what they can get
are there existing(canon or homebrew) rules to deal with these effects
while synthetic drugs are obviously going to be R/R at best(see point 4) what about the other stuff
1. while combat was at its heaviest i can see some support elements taking speed in various forms to keep up with the pace of their operations(this is based off of how during the surge in OIF several motorpool's would often pop hot for speed and meth and this excuse was cited to get the soldiers off with a summary article 15)
2. the VA and other institutions have been experimenting with various drugs including but not limited to marijuana and LSD to treat PTSD i can imagine several soldiers self medicating even if it doesn't actually work
3. the recreational drug users people who were drafted while addicted to such substances or who picked up the habit while serving
4. actual honest medical purposes as regular medical supplies dwindled some medics may make do with what they can get
are there existing(canon or homebrew) rules to deal with these effects
while synthetic drugs are obviously going to be R/R at best(see point 4) what about the other stuff