'Disposable Heroes': Veterans Used To Test Suicide-Linked Drugs (ABC)

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'Disposable Heroes': Veterans Used To Test Suicide-Linked Drug

An ABC News and Washington Times Investigation Reveals Vets Are Being Recruited for Government Tests on Drugs with Violent Side Effects

By BRIAN ROSS and VIC WALTER
June 17, 2008
Mentally distressed veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are being recruited for government tests on pharmaceutical drugs linked to suicide and other violent side effects, an investigation by ABC News and "The Washington Times" has found.

James Elliott and his fiancee tell Brian Ross about his experience on Chantix.The report will air on Good Morning America and will also appear in The Washington Times on Tuesday. (click here http://www.washingtontimes.com/interactives/disposable-heroes/ to read "The Washington Times" coverage of "Disposable Heroes")

In one of the human experiments, involving the anti-smoking drug Chantix, Veterans Administration doctors waited more than three months before warning veterans about the possible serious side effects, including suicide and neuropsychiatric behavior.

"Lab rat, guinea pig, disposable hero," said former US Army sniper James Elliott in describing how he felt he was betrayed by the Veterans

more at:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5180437&page=1

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1. The VA medical system is a gobbermint run HMO w/ too many horror stories. nt

[WhiteTara]

2. kicking for our soldiers

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