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Captain. there you have it. case closed. tonight, we continue our look at how veterans back home from war are being treated with drugs that have the potential to do more harm than good. correspondent douglas kennedy has the story of one vet who's been told he's lucky to be alive. >> reporter: you were taking seer tal, quan lynn, dep coat at the same time. what was the result? >> of course, i gained about 100 pounds, now i have diabetes, did i mention diabetes. >> reporter: in november, 2004, charles perkins returned from iraq. and like many veterans, he was immediately sent to a psychiatrist...

Our military and our vets multiple psychiatric drugs and cocktails. they do no good. they do huge harm. >> peter braggen says the military and va says it's verging on criminal. >> we know now exposure to multiple drugs over a period of months or years leads to chronicsty and suicide. >> suicide and accidental death. between 2005 and 2011 the military and va went on a spending spree with medication increasing prescriptions by 682%. an increase which this military spokesman defends. >> what might be appropriate in addition to giving an antidepressant drug torques give a medicine that helps with ...