It's simple, really. The military just needs a policy of "no drug or prescription use of any kind other than over-the-counter pain relief or birth control allowed or you can't join." Obviously if you break a leg on duty, you will get prescription pain meds.
That will weed out all the crazies and hormone-taking individuals (again, other than birth control for biological women). No need to call out "just the trans" - anyone using anti-depressants or anti-anything to function doesn't belong in the military. Sorry if that pisses some folks off, it's just my opinion.
Going through temporary rounds of things like anti-depressants in some situations is fine, if run through the command and all the normal stops, I am not sure about the Military as a whole, do know people in some sectors will go through that from time to time and are downed from active duty (can not work or stand post) while on the prescribed medical assistance for a specific amount of time. But, agree, if it is a chronic or life long thing, they do not belong in the military. Many positions you can not have ANY drugs going on, including things like cough syrup in your system (anything that alters your attention span or clouds your thinking) to be on active position.
It's simple, really. The military just needs a policy of "no drug or prescription use of any kind other than over-the-counter pain relief or birth control allowed or you can't join." Obviously if you break a leg on duty, you will get prescription pain meds.
That will weed out all the crazies and hormone-taking individuals (again, other than birth control for biological women). No need to call out "just the trans" - anyone using anti-depressants or anti-anything to function doesn't belong in the military. Sorry if that pisses some folks off, it's just my opinion.
Going through temporary rounds of things like anti-depressants in some situations is fine, if run through the command and all the normal stops, I am not sure about the Military as a whole, do know people in some sectors will go through that from time to time and are downed from active duty (can not work or stand post) while on the prescribed medical assistance for a specific amount of time. But, agree, if it is a chronic or life long thing, they do not belong in the military. Many positions you can not have ANY drugs going on, including things like cough syrup in your system (anything that alters your attention span or clouds your thinking) to be on active position.