Is an Armament Sickening U.S. Soldiers? By DEBORAH HASTINGS, AP Herbert Reed, seen with his medicines, believes depleted uranium has contaminated him and his life. He's a leading figure in a fight against the Pentagon. NEW YORK (Aug. 12) - It takes at least 10 minutes and a large glass of orange juice to wash down all the pills - morphine, methadone, a muscle relaxant, an antidepressant, a stool softener. Viagra for sexual dysfunction. Valium for his nerves. Ammunition coated with depleted uranium leaves behind a fine radioactive dust with a half-life of 4.5 billion years. It is 60 percent...