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Are there quite a few people who served in Afghanistan that ended up on drugs?

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SW-User
Statistically, I don't know that way, but it's common for veterans of war to have PTSD and look for ways to self-medicate.
swandfriends · 41-45, F
Just wondering. I had a hotel guest today that was really bad off on drugs seemed really, really crazy. Had to call the cops on him. Then I looked at his old fb page and saw that he used to look perfectly normal and it looked like he had served in Afghanistan
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@swandfriends You see many kind of folk go through your doors, then. Hotel life, not one I know truly, but my best friend was a night auditor at one for years.

Someone at my work, he served in Iraq during the original Gulf War, while he talks a good talk if you break him down you know what he saw broke him some. He also served as a volunteer firefighter for years, but he chose he couldn't do it any more. He's not mixed up with drugs, but you can tell if you really listen he has things in his life he doesn't want to see any more.