i think this is the dear hunter and his army buddies at the apothecarry somewhere trying to find something to get high off of to forget about the war, it was maby cheaper or stronger than booze at the time or something.
the apothecary is sly and deceteful in her selling of her drugs, this seems to parallel with how people were signed up to the army
"she swears shes offering you something savory"
like the war enlisters promising glory an that.
also the lines
"a million men have reached and end
a side effect of incompetence"
she is talking about how many people have OD'd on drugs and died through incompetence, it also parallels with the millions of people who have died in wars because they have been tricked into joining or something and were to incompetent to see through the offer of glory.
perhapse the apothecary herself is hinting in a desceptive way that they are the victims of the reruting techniques.
i think this is the dear hunter and his army buddies at the apothecarry somewhere trying to find something to get high off of to forget about the war, it was maby cheaper or stronger than booze at the time or something. the apothecary is sly and deceteful in her selling of her drugs, this seems to parallel with how people were signed up to the army "she swears shes offering you something savory" like the war enlisters promising glory an that. also the lines "a million men have reached and end a side effect of incompetence" she is talking about how many people have OD'd on drugs and died through incompetence, it also parallels with the millions of people who have died in wars because they have been tricked into joining or something and were to incompetent to see through the offer of glory.
perhapse the apothecary herself is hinting in a desceptive way that they are the victims of the reruting techniques.