The Vietnam War still stands today as the longest and most controversial war ever fought by the United States. Even now, some 30 years later, certain aspects remain issues of contention amongst them the American soldiers supposed use of drugs such as marijuana, morphine or heroin.
Certain veteran associations claim that drug use in Vietnam was confined almost exclusively to personnel stationed at base camps and other relatively secure installations, whereas drug use in the field was rare, elsewhere researchers attempt to demonstrate that it was a part of the combat scene, alongside other problems...