• pelya@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Among field troops in Vietnam it became common knowledge that ingestion of a small amount of C-4 would produce a “high” similar to that of ethanol. Others would ingest C-4, commonly obtained from a Claymore mine, to induce temporary illness in the hope of being sent on sick leave.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-4_(explosive)

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        2 months ago

        Huh. Not as bad as I expected. Also I am somehow not surprised that this has actually been done enough to be documented