Norman Ohler

It gives you the most energy, lets you work for the longest time.

So he was convinced.

But...

His superior, like the Surgeon General of the German army, he was like an old school dude.

And he was like, he didn't even react to these like, Ranko would write letters, we have to use a synthetic drug in the next campaign, which was against Poland, which he knew about.

And because Pavitin was quite known in the civil society, people were using it already.

So he said, he even said, a lot of soldiers will just take it with them.

And we should control that.

We should make it an official drug.

But the Surgeon General didn't understand.

He didn't reply.

So Germany attacked Poland without a clear reason.

like regulatory system on methamphetamine.

And indeed, a lot of soldiers used it.

And what Ranke then did was he requested from all the medical officers in the field in Poland.

The war was over after a few weeks, but the German army was occupying Poland.

He said, send me all back reports and tell me what, did your people take Pavitin and what were the effects?

And he collected all these reports, which are also studied in the military archive.

And he came to the conclusion, this is a really good fighting drug.

And it probably is because people are still using it today.