Norman Ohler
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So Morel was harmless.
Morel basically did what Hitler wanted.
They wouldn't say, today we're going to take drugs together.
It's going to be fun.
Hitler was always about optimizing his performance because he knew only I'm doing this.
I have to... And he always thought he's going to die young.
So he always like, I don't have unlimited time.
The clock was always ticking.
So I have to be always the high performer.
So Hitler, when he first experienced...
the beauty of the opioid high that was given to him in August 1941 intravenously, when he experienced that, kind of his eyes opened.
And he didn't think this was a drug.
I mean, this is a medicine.
This is a medicine that helps me function.
This is a medicine that my doctor gives me in a very controlled manner.
And that lets me be extremely sharp for like eight hours.
I can convince all the generals.
I can do my job.
I'm happy.
Because Hitler was also depressed, you know.