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Soldiers Disease is, however, still mentioned by many experts ... and no one, yet, has responded to Courtwright.

You seem to be taken with Courtwright, and it appears this individual is David T. Courtwright who is affilliated with the University of North Florida, but what he actually wrote doesn't seem to be available online unless you care to buy one of his books.

I'm not interested in reading quotes from the Druglibrary.org out of context. That website is exactly what I mean when I point out Libertarians who have been scouring the bowels of history looking for evidence to support their pet theories about how harmless is drug addiction. If they have statement's against interest, i'll buy those, but nothing they say in favor of their agenda is credible in my opinion.

I did get some excerpts from a googlebooks reference to his book, and what little bits I can garner from that appear to indicate that he is well aware of the addiction occurring in civil war vets.

But you want me to buy his alleged conclusions as reported by you or the druglibrary.org people? I don't think so. This is not my first rodeo, and misleading or out of context quotes are all too common on this topic.

You may think I want to spend several days reading books cited in your links, but I assure you I do not. That fake quote I found the other day also came from some guy who wrote a book. It came from this guy, also known as the "Emperor of Hemp."

I'll believe something is scholarly and objective when I can find out more about who wrote it and what was their agenda, and then only after i've read it myself, not just seen bits and pieces from other people with agendas.

You seem to be taken with Courtwright...

I'm not taken with Courtwright at all. I simply meant to draw attention to what happened after Courtwright...everybody pretty much dropped the subject.

But you want me to buy his alleged conclusions as reported by you or the druglibrary.org people?

Yet you unflinchingly "buy the conclusions" of others. Got it.