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Other experiments involved heroin, morphine, temazepam (used under code name MKSEARCH), mescaline, psilocybin, scopolamine, alcohol and sodium pentothal. [68] Hypnosis [ edit ]Peter Conrad (July 7, 2019). "Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill with Dan Piepenbring". The Guardian (Review). Reilly, Edward C. "Ken Kesey." Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Second Revised Edition (2000): EBSCO. Web. Nov 10. 2010. The widespread prescription of psychotropic medications has drawn criticism from theorists who believe it’s a step toward mass mind control. [3] These drugs include Prozac, Ritalin, and Zoloft. Allegedly, the medications curb “unruly” thought processes and facilitate the effectiveness of propaganda and social engineering. From mind control to murder? How a deadly fall revealed the CIA's darkest secrets". The Guardian. 6 September 2019.

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Lee, Martin A.; Shlain, Bruce (1992). Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD: the CIA, the Sixties, and Beyond. Grove Weidenfeld. ISBN 978-0-8021-3062-4. Ben: But at the same time, the end of the war saw the first atomic bombs detonated, and the discovery of mass murder and horrible human experimentation in the concentration camps of the Third Reich.

a b c d e f "Project MKUltra, the Central Intelligence Agency's Program of Research into Behavioral Modification. Joint Hearing before the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-Fifth Congress, First Session" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. August 8, 1977. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 31, 2010 . Retrieved April 18, 2010– via The New York Times. It’s really similar to how legends and folklore and myths are cultivated, where they have a nugget of truth at the core, but are made into something a lot bigger.” She wouldn't be surprised if the 1950s mind control program continues to inspire future generations, likening it to enduring conspiracy theories such as the JFK assassination. Church Committee; "The congressional committee investigating the CIA research, chaired by Senator Frank Church, concluded that '[p]rior consent was obviously not obtained from any of the subjects.'" Amory: I’m Amory Sivertson, and you’re listening to Endless Thread, the show featuring stories found in the vast ecosystem of online communities called Reddit. Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control, Henry Holt and Co., by Stephen Kinzer, 2019, ISBN 978-1250140432The following year, President Ford—in the wake of the Watergate scandal and amid growing distrust of the U.S. government—set up the United States President’s Commission on CIA Activities within the United States to investigate illegal CIA activities, including Project MK-Ultra and other experiments on unsuspecting citizens. Ben: Anyone who has dabbled in the world of conspiracy theories, from aliens at Area 51 to the Illuminati controlling geopolitics with the help of Jay-Z, Beyonce and their baby girl Blue Ivy knows about MK ULTRA. Operation Mind Control: Our Secret Government's War Against Its Own People, by W H Bowart, New York: Dell, 1978, ISBN 0440167558