Psychoactives, War, and Covert Operations
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| ca. 1942-43 |
| The OSS "truth drug" committee experiments with barbiturates, scopolamine, and Cannabis indica as possible truth serums. |
| From its earliest days, US intelligence research into psychoactive drugs depended heavily on the cooperation of civilian researchers. This research was directed by Dr. Winfred Overholser of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D.C. |
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