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New Film: The Need For Speed - Going to war on drugs



 
 
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Old July 23rd 03, 07:43 AM
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Default New Film: The Need For Speed - Going to war on drugs

The Need For Speed: Going To War On Drugs
ARD/acftv/Studio Hamburg
Germany: ARD

More information at http://www.acftv.com
Film trailer at http://www.acftv.com/streaming/real.asp?stream_id=1

When Tom Cruise uttered those famous words in the Hollywood
blockbuster, ‘Top Gun': "I feel a need, a need for speed", he would
not have known that his words had already been taken literally by the
U.S. Air Force, in a way he could never have imagined.

In the latest Jamie Doran documentary, ‘the need for speed' exposes
how the Pentagon has been issuing a concoction of mind-altering drugs
to its soldiers and airmen, resulting in the deaths of allied forces,
innocent civilians and, almost certainly, their own men.

Amphetamines, sedatives, anti-nerve agents, adrenaline and a whole
variety of vaccines, including anthrax, make up a cocktail of
chemicals banned by civilian authorities in the ordinary workplace,
yet forced upon pilots flying multi-million dollar jets into combat
and Special Forces soldiers operating behind enemy lines.

In an extraordinary investigation, American military personnel speak
for the first time to explain how they were used as guinea pigs in
wars ranging from Panama, the Gulf, Bosnia, Afghanistan and right up
until the recent conflict in Iraq. These are not dissidents, nor are
they unpatriotic: they love their country and were ready to give their
lives in its service. But they can no longer stand by and watch their
comrades suffer as the Pentagon pushes more and more drugs onto the
frontline.

"I guess I best remember it as almost paranoia. I had a dizziness; I
wasn't falling over dizzy, but there was a little bit of a tumbling
sensation going on. I felt paranoia where I was nervous and skittish
about what was around me and what was happening. I wasn't in complete
control." Steve Tait: Gulf War Hero

"They made you ruthless, just utterly ruthless. I made decisions that
I feel now I would not have made. I eliminated individuals that I
considered to be a threat, that I would not normally have done."
‘Mike': U.S. Special Forces

"A lot of times the fighter pilots say: ‘speed is life, speed is
life'; in this case, speed became death." Lt. Col Tom Heemstra: F-16
Squadron Cder

"Many of the times, the sad part is that they can't tell if it was
real or not. That's the part that is really frightening." Cpt Joyce
Riley: Air Force Nurse

In this documentary, filmed at locations throughout the United States
and Britain, we speak with a former White House ‘Drugs Czar' who
expresses grave concerns about the use of amphetamines in the
military; we interview the man who, as Air Force Chief of Staff,
banned the drugs as soon as he took over, only to see them
re-introduced after his retirement; we follow the story of one pilot
who sacrificed his career in pursuit of the truth; we feature the case
of a ‘ground' soldier who killed innocent civilians for reasons he
cannot understand to this day.

We explain how the ‘voluntary' nature of dispensing these drugs makes
legal nonsense and how the Pentagon may very well be breaking its own
laws, to the detriment of its serving men and women; only to establish
that, in reality, the U.S. military is a law unto itself.

We discover that vital information on ‘friendly fire' incidents,
including the deaths of nine British soldiers in the Gulf War, has
been withheld and we examine the true human costs of wars fought on
drugs.

25 June 2003


More information at http://www.acftv.com
Film trailer at http://www.acftv.com/streaming/real.asp?stream_id=1
 




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