Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> Becca > wrote:
>
>> l, not -l wrote:
>>
>>> I wouldn't exactly say the government promoted smoking; but they
>>> made it available for those who did use it; at that time, it was
>>> just a very common thing to do, like drinking coffee (also in every
>>> MRE/C-rat) or drinking beer. They NEVER helped us get those
>>> "funny" cigarettes that were a favorite in RVN
>>
>> Maybe that is hurting enlistment.
>>
>> Becca
>
> A rather large number of 'nam vets came home addicted to Heroin...

Actually, you didn't have to be a vet to have that problem. My mom, my
middle brother and I all came back to the States from Thailand a few months
early because middle-bro got hooked on it (he was 14). Apparently a lot of
the "noodle cart" vendors parked outside of ISB (International School of
Bangkok) were selling more than noodles, soup and fried rice. Dad had to
remain in Bangkok to finish his tour of duty and my oldest brother stayed
with him because it was his senior year. (My parents didn't feel it would
be fair to yank him out only a few months before graduation and enroll him
in a school where he didn't know anyone.)