Re: Shooting Up with Statistics (Was Re: Chip Away)
John Tegtmeier (tegtmeie@PANIX.COM)
Fri, 28 Nov 1997 17:39:19 -0500 (EST)
Since I didn't see the original posting, this may not pertinent. However,
from what was posted,it seems that the claim was made about drug usage in
the Vietnam War, and the stats cited are for the 1970s. There was a hugh
difference in narcotic usage between the period of the highest US troop
concentration - 1968 - and the usage in 1971,2. If there is an attempt to
universalize the Vietnam experience for US forces from this later period,
that is a very serious error.
Regards,
John Tegtmeier