1.0 link 106344 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-newman/americas-medicated-army-p_b_106344.html The current issue of Time has an insightful cover story about the growing number of U.S. troops taking antidepressants to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. Last fall, 20,000 soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan were prescribed antidepressants like Prozac and Zoloft. When one considers the experiences of veterans -- having friends killed, having to kill others, thinking that every day might be their last -- it is understandable that many would suffer from PTSD and take drugs...

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