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AllGov - News - Doctors Alarmed by Military--™s Use of Mind Drugs on Troops

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According to a June 2010 report by the Defense Department's Pharmacoeconomic Center, 20% of active-duty troops were taking prescribed psychotropic drugs, including antidepressants, antipsychotics and sedative hypnotics.

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