Drug-Induced Cowardice?

The Army wanted to call it cowardice, but changed its mind:

The U.S. Army Thursday dropped its case against a soldier who was initially accused of cowardice after he suffered a panic attack when he saw the bloody corpse of an Iraqi on his second day in the war zone.

Why the about-face? Turns out Sgt. Pogany's nervous breakdown was probably a result of Army medication rather than cowardice:

The decision to drop the case against Sgt. Georg-Andreas Pogany came after a Navy doctor last month diagnosed him as suffering from damage to his balance system, most likely caused by Lariam, an anti-malaria drug issued to some troops serving in Iraq.

Hallucinations and panic attacks are among the possible side effects listed by Lariam's manufacturer, Roche Pharmaceuticals.

How about that? Poor guy.