Snapshot · Lex Fridman Podcast
Hitler's first intravenous opioid injection in August 1941 marked the turning point after which his decision-making demonstrably deteriorated as his drug use escalated.
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The turning point was August 1941: Hitler sick with the Russian flu, a critical strategic decision about Moscow pending, and Dr. Morell injecting Dolantin — a synthetic opioid — intravenously for the first time. Hitler dominated the room, ordered the catastrophic split toward Leningrad and the oil fields instead of Moscow, and fell in love with what opioids felt like. Over the next two years he became experimental: bull's testicle extracts, pig liver hormones, the full range of Morell's pharmaceutical company output. Then in July 1943, before meeting Mussolini who wanted to quit the war, he received his first Eukodal — oxycodone — intravenously. He monopolized that meeting for two hours while Mussolini couldn't get a word in. By September 1944 he was taking Eukodal every other day. After Stauffenberg's bomb attempt blew out his eardrums, a new doctor (Giesing) began treating him with liquid cocaine — unaware that Morell was simultaneously injecting opioids. The resulting speedball became the signature of Hitler's terminal drug phase. [1] — Norman Ohler "When Hitler fell ill with a severe flu in August 1941 — just as the critical decision to split forces toward Leningrad instead of Moscow wa…" 2:01:03
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When Hitler fell ill with a severe flu in August 1941 — just as the critical decision to split forces toward Leningrad instead of Moscow was being made — Dr. Morell injected him with Dolantin, a German opioid, intravenously for the first time. Hitler dominated the meeting, made the decision that may have cost Germany Moscow, and fell in love with opioids.
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